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xsfred
Joined: 21 Apr 2004
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Location: Paris
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 Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 6:45 pm Subject: 24 Solo |
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July 3rd, 2005, 16 hours : Alain, Cédric and Thibaut will embark for a stunning journey : Le Mans Roller 24 hours Solo.
How many kilometres ? Or better, how many hundreds of kilometres will they reach ?
Starting at the same time as the team skaters, they will race among 5 000 other skaters (yes, you !) who also come to have fun in this exceptional race.
Racing alone, an egocentric choice ? Certainly not : all three racers routinely train with others, take part in group events, sometimes organize them. So, among all the occasions to skate together, there will be... 24 Solo
This website tells their story - in French.
www.24solo.com
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Rick
Joined: 25 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 7:57 pm Subject: |
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| I wish them the very best of luck. |
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Hans
Former British Record Holder
Joined: 20 Sep 2004
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Location: Camberley
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| Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 8:58 pm Subject: |
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| All the best to the two of them.... Now i know for certain that i am sane (because i think that is mad) |
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merten
Joined: 05 Oct 2004
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Location: Hamburg, N. Germany
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| Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 10:34 pm Subject: |
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| Hans wrote: |
| Now i know for certain that i am sane (because i think that is mad) |
I know you - and so I will just wait for next year to see if there might a change in your sanity 
All the best for you three - and maybe see you on the track somewhere! |
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Xia
Joined: 06 Apr 2004
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Location: Geneva (Suisse)
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:32 am Subject: |
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Having met Alain last week end, I have no doubt that he will be sucessfull in his endevour. I whish him and the other all the best and will try to support them when I see them on the track...
Alex |
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Farhana
Joined: 20 Sep 2004
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:35 am Subject: |
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Best of luck to you crazy nutters for doing LeMans 24 solo  |
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Sparky
Joined: 03 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 6:15 pm Subject: |
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Try to lets us know what colours they will be racing in, if I see them on the track I will give them very special "Oi Sunbeam" shouts of encouragement.
I'd be interested to know how they schedule themselves over the 24 hour event, ie do they sleep, how long they go for without breaks etc etc. |
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Naomi
Joined: 01 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 6:35 pm Subject: |
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| doubt it - Ive done 24 hour challenges before (mountain climbing, not skating) and you just keep going. so doubt there will be any breaks or sleep. |
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Mikey-two-Names
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| Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:16 pm Subject: |
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| There's a small chance Jonathan Seutter might be joining the 24 hour solos. |
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xsfred
Joined: 21 Apr 2004
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Location: Paris
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| Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:34 pm Subject: |
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Thanks all for your kind encouragement, I will transfer to the skaters, they will be very much appreciated
This is Thibaut :
He will probably be skating in this skinsuit, along with... 40 other PUC skaters, which will not help ; that is a good question.
Another good question is
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| how they schedule themselves over the 24 hour event, ie do they sleep |
| Naomi wrote: |
| Ive done 24 hour challenges before (mountain climbing, not skating) and you just keep going |
Subject is... given much attention right now. They will have to take into account the fact that this a première for them (24 hrs continuous effort), and going to sleep, or merely losing focus, at the end of the downhill would be a wrong idea. Alain has ideas to experiment.
I will try to add more to the website as the date comes up : already 4 more solo skaters will join, interviews will be done - soon as I can get hold of them. |
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