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Rad Am Ring 24 hour race
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04-08-2009 11:16am#1Myself and 3 others competed in this on Saturday and Sunday as a team.
It involves cycling around the Nurburgring in a relay for 24 hours non stop.
We came 39th out of 476 teams in our category (4 man relay), although the official results aren't up yet, so that is what we read from the provisional list after the race. I don't know if those 476 teams are all 4 man teams. There were also 8 man teams, 2 man teams and solo riders taking part!
We completed a total of 29 laps and the winners did 34. Each lap is about 23km long. It includes a 6km climb at 6%+ ending with a 15% section. You can easily reach 85km+ on the downhill bit just before the climb. Some guys must have been getting over 100km on that section as I was doing 89km at one point and was being passed out.
Check out a photo of yours truly in his Swords kit on the third page of this link: http://www.sportograf.de/bestof/603/index.html
I plan on doing a beefed up report on this when I get more time. I recommend this event for anyone. It was tough, but great fun.7
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There is a photo on that page where a rider is holding her saddle in her hand, looks like it broke off.
Well done on that Raam, sounds like a great challenge.
Ah, I see it now! I even looked at that one a few times wondering why they are cycling like that. I must be still tired
Blorg, I reckon that event would suit you down to the ground. Manical speeds to be obtained on the descents... lots of climbing... very little flat... epic 24hrs non-stop cycling... loads of German beers... you would love it!0 -
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Did you go "Neeeeeeeeeeeeohhhhhhhhmmmmmmm" whenever you crossed the line?
Well done, was there a couple of years ago watching F1 when Schumy was still racing and it was still fun, great craic.
edit: this is a freaky picture:
Looks like the ghost of a previous event is still trying to finish to make his way to cycleheaven.0 -
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Did you go "Neeeeeeeeeeeeohhhhhhhhmmmmmmm" whenever you crossed the line?
Well done, was there a couple of years ago watching F1 when Schumy was still racing and it was still fun, great craic.
edit: this is a freaky picture:
Looks like the ghost of a previous event is still trying to finish to make his way to cycleheaven.
That is class! They had a series of cameras positioned along one of the sweeping uphills. It came directly after a fast downhill so you would get some serious speed along that section which you carry into the hill. At night time it was a bit freaky cos it was pitch black and all you had to follow were the riders lights in front. However, the cameras had red lights on them (probably so we would know where they are?), which I thought were other riders so I was heading straight for one when it flashed! Thank god it did, cos otherwise I was riding straight off the track.0 -
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It can be difficult to tell with Germans. This is the pic anyway:
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