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greazer
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Location: Haarlem
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I would love to do Le Mans this year! Can't do it because:
1 - 24 hour solo is a bit too much (for now)
2 - entry has closed anyway
3 - would do it in a team (read: you guys), just don't have the money |
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Rick
Joined: 25 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Fri May 20, 2005 10:08 am Subject: |
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Get a job.  |
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Mikey-two-Names
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| Posted: Fri May 20, 2005 10:14 am Subject: |
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| Yeah, what Rick said. |
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greazer
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Location: Haarlem
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| Posted: Fri May 20, 2005 11:03 am Subject: |
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Thanks for the support guys! I appreciate it!
btw... Rick, what are you doing these days? Professional skater is it right?  |
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Rick
Joined: 25 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Fri May 20, 2005 12:19 pm Subject: |
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| Professionals receive money. I am a full time skater but not a professional. Mike is a professional. |
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greazer
Joined: 07 Oct 2004
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Location: Haarlem
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| Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 8:08 pm Subject: |
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Hi guys,
Did it! The full 200km, 20km/h.
After 11,5 hours on skates (a few short breaks in there) my feet are killing me and I feel like sleeping for 2 days. 
Cheers,
Andy. |
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Natasha
Joined: 09 Jul 2004
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Location: Basingstoke
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| Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 8:53 pm Subject: |
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| Congratulations, Andy! 200km is a fantastic challenge. Glad you're not coming to Le Mans now |
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Hans
Former British Record Holder
Joined: 20 Sep 2004
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Location: Camberley
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| Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 11:01 pm Subject: |
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| Well done Andy 200km... thats endurance |
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Etienne
Joined: 24 Feb 2004
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Location: Central Paris
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| Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 11:17 pm Subject: |
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Well done ! You have beaten Eric and myself distancewise (111).
Is the course steppy ? |
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Rick
Joined: 25 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 11:46 pm Subject: |
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| Wow! Take a very long hot bath somewhere and try not to think about your feet...or your legs....or anything. Just bask in your accomplishment. Nice work. |
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greazer
Joined: 07 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 11:03 am Subject: |
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| Etienne wrote: |
Well done ! You have beaten Eric and myself distancewise (111).
Is the course steppy ? |
This 200km course was flat exept for some bridges and fly-overs. Half the roads were pretty bad though...
-first 40km OK roads
-next 100km absolute sh*t roads
-last 60km good roads
By the time we got to 140km feet and legs were dead from all the vibration, we were sooo glad the last 60km was much better.
If the last 60km would have been like the 100km before it I doubt if I would have been able to make it, and I wasn't the only one in the group thinking that... |
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Mikey-two-Names
Joined: 24 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 9:47 pm Subject: |
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Fook me Andy, that's well impressive! I'm seriously impressed with your skating doing a feat like that.
Of course I was rather gutted you did almost the same average speed as I did the 170km last week, only on my recumbent. The only thing that made me feel a bit better about that was the 2080m of climbing in Kent. |
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Rick
Joined: 25 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 8:47 pm Subject: |
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Back on topic here is a dictionary definition of endurance:
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| The act of bearing or suffering; a continuing under pain or distress without resistance, or without being overcome |
So it's like life then. |
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