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Savageman

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  • 24-09-2012 10:29pm
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    robinph
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    Here is an email I got from my brother about a triathlon he did a week or so ago in the USA with some video of people falling off bikes. I'm still not interested in doing a triathlon, but watching people fall over is always funny. :D:D:D

    From the triathlon that I did last Sunday, the "Savageman" half ironman in western Maryland, often described as the hardest tri in the world (debatable, but it has a strong case). The signature part of the race is the climb up the Westernport Wall, a no-longer-maintained and badly beaten up street that reaches a 31% grade. If you make it up the Wall without unclipping or falling off, then you get a brick engraved with your name laid in the road. Lots of people don't make it.

    Montage of unsuccessful attempts:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EcqIgCJNjto

    This one has me in it. The picture is a bit wobbly, unfortunately. I earned my brick.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbjs1N4PEbA

    The video of the previous few minutes has some better thrills and spills; I'm coming up to the foot of the Wall right at the end of that one ...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veUVx9w09uU

    That little climb is just the start of a 2000-foot/7-mile ascent. My bike time wasn't distinguished, but I did do ok on the hilly half marathon run after that. Apart from the pro/elite division, I had the fastest run split of all competitors.


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    promethius
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    brilliant! something genuinely different and a great crowd and atmosphere with everyone there to watch people get bust encourage the athletes.


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    catweazle
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    I think that Savageman is the nearest middle/long distance race to Dory Dory - perhaps next year we will be seeing her take it on ;)


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    Brick Session
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    Was Lance in that one racing to raise money for his Livestrong Foundation


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    Brick Session
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    Brick Session wrote: »
    Was Lance in that one racing to raise money for his Livestrong Foundation

    Answer my own question here, not this one but the Superfrog next week.


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    robinph
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    I'd not heard anything about Lance, but couldn't take that as any indication one way or the other as I doubt my source would have cared.


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