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10 Fred Whittons in 10 Days

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  • May 10, 2011 at 10:36 am #13413
    Mr_eL_Bee

    Starting on Friday 13th May, I’ll be riding the Fred course once a day for 10 days 🙂
    What could be better? 10 days cycling around Lakeland….
    Well… it did seem like a good idea at the time 😕

    Why?
    Partly because I want to, and it’s a worthy challenge;
    Mostly to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support
    http://www.justgiving.com/Leon10FW

    Now – here’s the fun bit! 😀

    Anyone who wants to come and ride all or part of the route with me on any of the days is more than welcome just ping me an email at 10FW@faster-feet.com
    I’ll be leaving from Hills Garage in Coniston – so that I can use the 4 Seasons timing cards – each morning at 6am.

    If folk are interested in my progress, I’ll update this thread, and I’ll write up each day more fully on my blog
    http://10fw-in-10.blogspot.com/

    Cheers

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  • May 15, 2011 at 8:09 am #643591
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    dave atkinson

    Nice day for it today!
    Nice day for it today!

    May 14, 2011 at 9:32 pm #643589
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    Gkam84

    Oh i see, i didn’t realise
    Oh i see, i didn’t realise you were using the sportident timing aswell

    Is it set up all year or just because the Whitton has just taken place and they left it for your timing?

    May 14, 2011 at 8:47 pm #643587
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    Mr_eL_Bee

    Cheers
    I’m doing it the same
    Cheers 🙂
    I’m doing it the same way each day, The SportIdent timing system is set up that way, and I want a record other than my Garmin one of the 10 days 🙂

    May 14, 2011 at 8:45 pm #643585
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    Gkam84

    Nice work, are you doing the
    Nice work, are you doing the same route each day? or are you going one way and then back the reverse the next?

    May 14, 2011 at 7:18 pm #643583
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    Mr_eL_Bee

    The tracker thingy for my 10
    The tracker thingy for my 10 Freds.

    http://www.greenalp.com/RealTimeTracker/index.php?guestmode=1&viewuser=mrelbee&guestpassword=10fwin10

    May 14, 2011 at 7:17 pm #643581
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    Mr_eL_Bee

    OK – 2 done, 8 to go
    Day 1
    OK – 2 done, 8 to go 🙂
    Day 1 was ridden with a friend and took 10:29
    LOVED the ride, and especially the climbs

    Today I was pretty much alone apart from the Keswick-Borrowdale-top of Honister section where a local rider joined me.

    I’m using a phone basd GPS tracking (which has a few blackspots, it being the Lakes) if anyone fancies following my progress.

    I’ll put it in the next post!

    May 11, 2011 at 5:05 pm #643579
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    Mr_eL_Bee

    It seems that word is getting
    It seems that word is getting round, and I now have a couple more people interested in coming along for the ride. 😀
    This is Most Excellent!

    May 10, 2011 at 3:15 pm #643577
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    dave atkinson

    Gkam84 wrote:Its interesting

    Gkam84 wrote:
    Its interesting viewing the times http://www.fredwhittonchallenge.org.uk/Results.php

    I dont suppose you know how many non finishers there were Dave?

    8:34 is respectable mid table, it seems – better than the mediocre two-thirds down the field i usually manage 🙂

    there were 89 DNFs according to Saddleback: 1223 started, 1134 finished

    May 10, 2011 at 2:59 pm #643575
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    Gkam84

    Its interesting viewing the
    Its interesting viewing the times http://www.fredwhittonchallenge.org.uk/Results.php

    3rd and 4th home managed to lose 2 mins on every check point, kept a steady pace and the you look down a few the people who went out a little bit quick and suffered at the end

    Then you scroll right down and see 4 guys who only made the 1st check point as those up top were finishing

    I dont suppose you know how many non finishers there were Dave?

    May 10, 2011 at 2:50 pm #643573
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    Gkam84

    dave_atkinson wrote:or you

    dave_atkinson wrote:
    or you could aim for the 6:05 the first man home managed :D

    Was his name Mr T Boonen, lol

    Thats going at some lick for the course

    May 10, 2011 at 2:48 pm #643571
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    Mr_eL_Bee

    LOL – I think not!!
    😀 LOL – I think not!!

    May 10, 2011 at 2:43 pm #643569
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    dave atkinson

    or you could aim for the 6:05
    or you could aim for the 6:05 the first man home managed 😀

    May 10, 2011 at 2:29 pm #643567
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    Mr_eL_Bee

    Gkam84 wrote:Come on, one of

    Gkam84 wrote:
    Come on, one of the days, you have to bury yourself and beat the 8.34 hours that dave did at the weekend :D

    If all goes well, and my experience of other multi-day endurance events are anything to go by, I’ll be looking at a quick one later on! 😉
    It’ll be interesting to see what time I can churn out at some point!
    Hmmmm 8:34, eh..? 👿

    May 10, 2011 at 2:24 pm #643565
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    Gkam84

    Come on, one of the days, you
    Come on, one of the days, you have to bury yourself and beat the 8.34 hours that dave did at the weekend 😀

    May 10, 2011 at 11:18 am #643563
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    Mr_eL_Bee

    dave_atkinson wrote:by the

    dave_atkinson wrote:
    by the way, what kind of finishing time are you aiming for each day? just people will have an idea if they’ll be able to keep up… :-)

    Cheers Dave,
    I rode the Lakeland Loop at 8-hour pace for the Fred – and seeing as THAT was 40 miles shorter and about 1000m less climbing – for the first couple of days I’m going to be aiming for more like 9-9½ hours.

    A lot depends on the weather, of course!! 🙂

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