Orwell/IRC/Lucan/Tiernans/UCD League - Hill Climb 12/05/11

ryan_sherlock · 12-05-2011 10:46AM #1

As a Cycleways CC club member (not one of the clubs part of the league) would it be possible for me to ride this evening? I don't want to step on anyones toes... I'll wear a national champ skinsuit... :P

niceonetom · 12-05-2011 10:49AM

AFAIK tonight's event is being organised by IRC so they'd be the ones to clear it with.

ryan_sherlock · 12-05-2011 10:57AM

niceonetom wrote: »

AFAIK tonight's event is being organised by IRC so they'd be the ones to clear it with.

Thanks - I dropped them a mail.

Caroline_ie · 12-05-2011 12:15PM

ryan_sherlock wrote: »

As a Cycleways CC club member (not one of the clubs part of the league) would it be possible for me to ride this evening? I don't want to step on anyones toes... I'll wear a national champ skinsuit... :P

You can race for me Ryan if you like, I am not planning on taking my start ... you just have to wear a orwell jersey and ride my Sz 44 bike. Thanks for winning.

kenmc · 12-05-2011 01:14PM

ryan_sherlock wrote:

As a Cycleways CC club member (not one of the clubs part of the league) would it be possible for me to ride this evening? I don't want to step on anyones toes... I'll wear a national champ skinsuit...

Don't see anything wrong with coming along anyway and posting a time - i mean like it's a public road. Would also give us a nice benchmark as to how it should be done

Keep_Her_Lit · 12-05-2011 01:28PM

kenmc wrote: »

Don't see anything wrong with coming along anyway and posting a time - i mean like it's a public road. Would also give us a nice benchmark as to how it should be done

Agreed. Go for it!

Idleater · 12-05-2011 08:57PM

Well that was fun with a 39*25

Don't know my exact time, I didn't think to ask at the top and then heard people saying times down the bottom. Going by my garmin, 17:55 - 18:05 I reckon. The heart rate graph is funny 96%-98% from 40 seconds in.

kenmc · 12-05-2011 09:07PM

19 mins dead for me. happy enough considering I've been on hols for the last 2 weeks eating and drinking my way around Thailand

ryan_sherlock · 12-05-2011 09:18PM

13:38 was my official time this evening. A bit of a head/cross-head wind for most of it but the top 1.5km was really still.

431W for the climb, major negative split wattage wise (second half higher than first half). You can see my climb here: http://app.strava.com/rides/554851#8349322

I have also added it to strava so if you upload your data, it will give you splits etc.

tawfeeredux · 12-05-2011 09:22PM

Frank was leading it when i left with 13:22 :eek: (at least that's what i think i heard). I was in second with 13:46 (second in the league riders, Ryan got me in the overall!), happy enough with that. Never before experienced the sort of sensation i had at the finish, i was gone beyond pain in to some other realm.

Diarmuid · 12-05-2011 09:43PM

tawfeeredux wrote: »

Frank was leading it when i left with 13:22 :eek: (at least that's what i think i heard). I was in second with 13:46 (second in the league riders,

That's a savage time. Well done. That's a 1:20 faster than last years SS winning time. Incredible. That's a scratch upgrade (and A2 not far after that) for you. I did a 15:07. Thought I could have got sub 15 but could not put in a bigger effort in the last minute.

tawfeeredux · 12-05-2011 10:00PM

Diarmuid wrote: »

That's a scratch upgrade (and A2 not far after that) for you.

Think i was still on the semi-limit list going into it, so i'm not going to scratch yet

. How was your time compared to last year?

Diarmuid · 12-05-2011 10:05PM

tawfeeredux wrote: »

Think i was still on the semi-limit list going into it, so i'm not going to scratch yet . How was your time compared to last year?

You will defo get an upgrade to scratch for that, (esp with the weekend result) regardless of where you started. I knocked 35sec off it. "could do better"

Keep_Her_Lit · 12-05-2011 10:09PM

tawfeeredux wrote: »

Frank was leading it when i left with 13:22 :eek: (at least that's what i think i heard). I was in second with 13:46 (second in the league riders, Ryan got me in the overall!)

Bloody hell lads! Yiz were really giving it some stick this evening. Those are blistering times. Well done!

Never before experienced the sort of sensation i had at the finish, i was gone beyond pain in to some other realm.

I don't doubt it. But it was worth it, right?

Keep_Her_Lit · 12-05-2011 10:11PM

Diarmuid wrote: »

I did a 15:07. Thought I could have got sub 15 but could not put in a bigger effort in the last minute.

Only 7 seconds shy of your goal, hard luck! Not to worry, you'll smash through that 15min barrier next year.

Diarmuid · 13-05-2011 06:07AM

Full results up

Idleater · 13-05-2011 06:30AM

Seems like I've switched to orwell

and thankfully the garmin (not me of course) calculated my time wrongly. Happy after a lot learned (with a lot of room for improving) with 17:39.

buffalo · 13-05-2011 07:46AM

I'm happy enough with my time on the night (15.41') - I know I gave it my all, but I know I could've done better with some preparation. Disappointed not to place anywhere, but fair play to anyone who got up the hill, and congrats to those who did well. Sub 14' is insane.

capnsantini · 13-05-2011 08:24AM

Very happy myself with a PB of 15:48, 25 seconds faster than my best time on that course. At this rate I should break 15 mins in 2013, but someone here will probably tell me it doesn't work like that...

Beasty · 13-05-2011 08:25AM

capnsantini wrote: »

At this rate I should break 15 mins in 2013

it doesn't work like that...

tawfeeredux · 13-05-2011 08:47AM

Keep_Her_Lit wrote: »

I don't doubt it. But it was worth it, right?

Ah ya, nothing like coughing up a lung for a few league points.

tawfeeredux · 13-05-2011 08:54AM

Diarmuid now the league leader!

Chips Lovell · 13-05-2011 08:59AM

tawfeeredux wrote: »

Diarmuid now the league leader!

And you've earned an upgrade to scratch. Well done.

LCRC_BAX · 13-05-2011 09:18AM

Well done to everyone, it's a real lung buster. I couldn't make it due to a cold - some savage fast times posted and a 1-2 for LCRC!

velo.2010 · 13-05-2011 10:19AM

Epic climbing failure for me. Early panic getting round a jeep=in the red=Blowup!

Well done to tawfeeredux. Savage time by his team mate from Lucan. Does he hold a biological passport?

Chips Lovell · 13-05-2011 10:27AM

velo.2010 wrote: »

Epic climbing failure for me. Early panic getting round a jeep=in the red=Blowup!

Hey, you got second. That's a really good result. Well done.

Caroline_ie · 13-05-2011 10:34AM

velo.2010 wrote: »

Epic climbing failure for me. Early panic getting round a jeep=in the red=Blowup!

+1 w/ elTonto
Give yourself a bit of credit! You did great! You got 19th overall, 2nd of your categorie, this is (probably) the biggest club league in the country and you've just started racing at the end of last year. There are some skinny guys in there that have been racing and training at pretty high level for years that you got very close to.

LCRC_BAX · 13-05-2011 10:38AM

velo.2010 wrote: »

Well done to tawfeeredux. Savage time by his team mate from Lucan. Does he hold a biological passport?

Second that. Frank Billings is some climber alright & a vet btw! He was 3rd in National Champs after David McCann few years back. Weighing 4 1/2 stone is a great help too

Keep_Her_Lit · 13-05-2011 12:26PM

LCRC_BAX wrote: »

Second that. Frank Billings is some climber alright & a vet btw! He was 2nd in National Champs after David McCann few years back. Weighing 4 1/2 stone is a great help too

And here's a snap of Flying Frank in action, grabbing a Bronze in the 2007 National Hill Climb Championships (image is copyrighted, so linking instead):

http://www.irishcycling.com/publish/exec/view.cgi?archive=9&num=2659

[LCRC_BAX, was he second some other year also?]

Would be great to see him winning another medal this year, especially as a Vet!

LCRC_BAX · 13-05-2011 12:37PM

Keep_Her_Lit wrote: »

[LCRC_BAX, was he second some other year also?]

You're right Keep Her Lit - he was 3rd. He's going very well this year, I'd say another win could be within sight.

Beasty · 13-05-2011 12:42PM

Should be handicapping these lighter guys - give them lead boots I say. Everyone should have a minimum 90kg plus bike;)

Orwell/IRC/Lucan/Tiernans/UCD League - Hill Climb 12/05/11

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