Hey everyone, it has gone really quiet which I am sure is due to you all smashing events left right and centre. How about some event reports and check ins? Ta Julian
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Going to tag a few people I know have done awesome stuff recently. Hopefully someone will add an inspiration story 
:
@Spoow
@PhilBailey
@stevebatembe
@thecyclingjanner
@UncleDalty
@Ultrathom
@CogInTheMachine
@Vesalius
Thanks 
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wellā¦
joined the gym with a awesome trainerā¦i made the mistake of saying
āim a cyclistā¦need coreā
guy is doing crazy shit to my body!..feeling the bite!
then there is coach pav working me over like he doesā¦did an FTP test on satā¦room for improvement!
that said im getting tag teamed in fitness goals!
of course Giro stages 430am 
day off looks like this with Italian Dominatrice No1
https://strava.app.link/0P3xsimxZzb
thats about itā¦
.full dance card!..oh then there is work to pay for all these nasty habits! 
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Iām also looking for some inspiration after a long bout with sickness 
Iām training for the dragon. Did a really fab enjoyable ride last week - with about 80% of the climbing and distance as a prep ride.
It went really well - completed within my target time - confidence is high - I hope that confidence doesnāt come back and bite me on the arse!
Iām still recovering from the last bits of Covid which hit me pretty hard. I guess the bike session on the day when I got sick was not ideal but I didnāt see it coming.
Before that, I did the Eschborn-Frankfurt spotive. Pav got me fit on point and I made a big step forward with race nutrition compared to my last event. I had two 950ml bottles with 160g of carbs each and took another 40g/hr with gels. Combined with about 4hrs time I ended up with 120g/hr and no stop. The power was there until the very end.
Iām not sure what to do next, first I want to get 100% healthy again. The Whoop band helps a lot to get objective numbers to make the decision when to start again.
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I was supposed to do the Dragon last year but Injury to my SI made me drop out.
Enjoy it.
Iām busy trying to rehab my hip still and get back on the bike.
In the meantime Iām enjoying trail running and have a loose goal of running 50k Ultra this year if I can get my hip ok.
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Sounds like a fair bit of sickness and/or injury
Iāll Bite,
Just did 156-miler up Mount Rainier and back! Longest ride to-date (1 mile more than my Everest a year or two back hahaā¦ granted Rainier was no Everest). More importantly, it was the first ride I 100% enjoyed the entire time I was out there in a very long time! Still dreading the Vo2 intervals today thoughā¦ pretty sure I was having nightmares about them last night!
Climb On!
~Dalton
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Congrats on that! Sounds awesome. Did you get any pics?
Nice! Well done everyone. Very inspirational.
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It was an awesome effort too, Dalton. Kudos.
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Wow, nice!! Great work 
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Currently failed my first ultrarace by scratching because of homesickness. Something to work on. In the preparation I beat my own PB on distance (from 427 to 441). A little improvement but nevertheless proud. Training midweeks goes well, the bigger rides are (strangely enough) the biggest challenge. Sometimes mechanical issues and sometimes physical issues, that happens to everyone.
But: in general its a mind game that is the biggest battle right now.
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The mind is the biggest hurdle in ultras! Not that it is worth anything, but my best advice is to just keep going with it. The more you do them, the easier they become.
I follow @Guystapleford and he has faced his own hurdles here.
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Sorry to hear that, but nice PB though!
I like the quote āwe donāt lose, we learnā
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Oof, sorry to be reading this. Some good advice here though
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