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Tim — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:10:22 -0000

Clarky from Becoz had an off yesterday (Jake from Rush told me it was a muppet stack) about 1/2 way in, so dusted himself off, rode (Han) Solo for the rest of the way then backed up with a fourth in the SKCC crits (B grade) today. Awesome.

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Tim — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:09:15 -0000

I'm doing it for the first time next year, I am hoping it stretches back to 300km of carnage.

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Tim — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:08:31 -0000

Post of the Year.

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Tim — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:08:04 -0000

Hey Simon, I haven't tried it yet - I am a Clif Bar + Gel man.
However Andy Naylor has been pimping Philly + Jam rolls but I put it to him that Banana+Nutella would be just as effective, a point he concurred with.

Also Fruit Cake. I used Fruit Cake in the Around the Bay and it was perfect.

The small dinner rolls could be the fresh little bangers from the supermercado but Andy is talking up the small sweet little ones, presumably the ones used for hot dogs.

I'm presuming the sugary ones.

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Todd! — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:43:06 -0000

I need a team who are going to give me Lightweights and JawBones... I'd be looking for some different tyres though :-P

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Slowdad — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:25:58 -0000

300 km in 7 hours? wow. That's not slow.

Best of luck. Sounds Epic.

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Snowy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:35:06 -0000

Personally I get a banana, smoother it in nutella, then wrap it all up in a thin pancake. The pancake being cooked in a non stick fry pan with very little grease.

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Domestique — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:19:35 -0000

Wade,

I'm doing the feeds and mechanical for a mate and will be taking plenty of photos and video. Hopefully I get some good stuff that I can forward to you next week.

Hoping for a cat n mouse then power sprint finish like last year.

Ride smart

regards

Mick

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AMR Cycling — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:18:26 -0000

Man, with that "weapon" you should have little problems... The bike, I mean!
Wishing you a great ride!!!
A.

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Marchello — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:53:00 -0000

I am impressed that recovery for the next days race is part of the plan. I dont think I'd be able to walk for a week after doing the Warny.

Good Luck - look forward to seeing a race report CT style!

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Simon — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:11:59 -0000

Hey Tim tell me more about these banana and nutella mini rolls. They sound good. Do you use those small dinner rolls you get from the supermarket?

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Tommy P — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:11:36 -0000

Or perhaps the perfect tapering technique. ;)

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bilol posters — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:10:42 -0000

dont forget some fresh fruit in your recovery nutrition. no point hitting the protein if you're not loading up on some anti oxidants.

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JC — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:00:15 -0000

CT,

Good luck. With your lack of training lately you'll be blowing like a steam train early on!! Once you find your groove you'll be ok though

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LanternRouge — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:53:59 -0000

On the "bright side" - it's "only" 265km this year ;) However, it's a pity it's lost it's status as the longest single stage event in the world...

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Dave — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:43:47 -0000

Your not alone!

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Mike Hayward — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:06:39 -0000

A little off topic, but this is so Aussie, you must be typing with a strine accent!: " Like a flashback from a big night on the piss it all came rushing back to me. Fark! "

Have a great ride, sounds like you have tapered perfectly ;-)

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Kos — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:46:55 -0000

South West wind forecast. Headwind/crosswind all the way. :) Oh well at least you get feeding stations. One warni back in the early 90s they did not allow anything. Madness! Thank goodness that has changed.

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Beagle — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:51:30 -0000

As per my Tweet, I'll be doing 'the Warney' this weekend...an entire day of appearing in terrible hair regrowth ads, taking diet pills and sending tawdry SMS's!
Let's see who has more fun.

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Tim M — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:25:41 -0000

That sounds awesome. Perfect.

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Tim M — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:12:24 -0000

Thanks for the feeding insight. My rules are lax at best (I only just got a HRM for goodness sakes), so it's good to get some useful info like this.

As an aside, I burnt 10,000 calories in 6.5 hours in the recent Scott 24 hour race. Granted, it was on the dirt, and probably a lot more dynamic in terms of rate of change, and I was smashing it up Stromlo, so it will be VERY interesting to see your calorie burn on the road over 7 hours.

My food is basically 1 x clif bar + 1 x gel + 1 drink bottle every hour.
I've started including fruit cake courtesy of Mr Naylor's suggestions, and also considering banana+nutella mini rolls.

Anyway, it's interesting to see how much thought you've put in -- may I be so presumptuous as to suggest someone create a little calculation spreadsheet for this? If they don't, I will. VERY handy. Would love to see some calculations/formula for calorific burn for people based on height, weight, level of fitness, and perhaps BMI or lean muscle mass --> ** does anyone have this sort of info.

Anyway, good luck mister, I'll be hitting the Warnie next year (starting to look a busy schedule). The ocean sounds like a GREAT idea!

Have fun and looking fwd to seeing the wrap up.

Stay upright and fast,
Timbo

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Shaka — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:01:54 -0000

I'm told there's a sting in the tail this year by my organised mates who have recee'd the course - one 3.5k hill and a second 1.5k hill near camperdown that are deceptively steep and will blow the bunches apart

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Nathan Merckx — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:01:48 -0000

40km/h is your sucking wheel and pedalling as little as possible speed?! I need to train more...

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Stephen — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:59:19 -0000

I like the fact that you have not bolted on any new fangdangle cycling computer...GPS....Meh..... just follow the wheel in front for directions

Looks like the old but trusted PolarS510.
Would be nice to hear what your Avg HR and Actuall KCal at the end of the race is (if possible).

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Nbob — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:50:06 -0000

Look at the bright side ... at least you don't have to worry you've over trained.