Putting trail advocacy back 5 years

orangecruz wrote:

ThingOne wrote: Yep, thanks be to Allah..

I also need to practice my bike carry, I am sloooowww up Devils, everyone passes me.

Im going to do some mountain running/fast walking this year I reckon.

I'll join you on that one.

You'll kick my butt you mean.

benw wrote:

wgtngrl wrote:and I always start over in Aro St so I can ride some single track to finish off.

Do tell, I didn't know there was any (legal) single track down into Aro Valley

carparts and rollercoaster

ThingOne wrote:

orangecruz wrote:

ThingOne wrote: Yep, thanks be to Allah..

I also need to practice my bike carry, I am sloooowww up Devils, everyone passes me.

Im going to do some mountain running/fast walking this year I reckon.

I'll join you on that one.

You'll kick my butt you mean.

not these days my friend, not these days. how would your wife feel about me dropping my child to her on Sunday mornings so we could go for run? -

I think I know the answert to that one ....

Car parts, roller coaster, and that trail that starts from Denton Park?

benw wrote:

wgtngrl wrote:and I always start over in Aro St so I can ride some single track to finish off.

Do tell, I didn't know there was any (legal) single track down into Aro Valley

There is legal singletrack between the turbine and Aro. I didn't say it went all the way. Why must people always assume the worst?

ThingOne wrote:

orangecruz wrote:

ThingOne wrote: Yep, thanks be to Allah..

I also need to practice my bike carry, I am sloooowww up Devils, everyone passes me.

Im going to do some mountain running/fast walking this year I reckon.

I'll join you on that one.

You'll kick my butt you mean.

As an an old had at the running thing and turning to MTB riding only in the last year, I can vouch for the whole different muscles. Have had to build on my bike muscles and feel I have lost the running ones. Also found it hard trying to carry my bike comfortably.

Kah wrote: Car parts, roller coaster, and that trail that starts from Denton Park?

Denton Park isn't legal, unfortunately.

wgtngrl wrote:

benw wrote:

wgtngrl wrote:and I always start over in Aro St so I can ride some single track to finish off.

Do tell, I didn't know there was any (legal) single track down into Aro Valley

There is legal singletrack between the turbine and Aro. I didn't say it went all the way. Why must people always assume the worst?

My apologies, I don't really think of Car Parts as running down to Aro although you are right it is technically between Aro and the Wind Turbine. And I don't consider the Roller Coaster as single track. So I assumed you were talking about something else

benw wrote:

wgtngrl wrote:

benw wrote:

wgtngrl wrote:and I always start over in Aro St so I can ride some single track to finish off.

Do tell, I didn't know there was any (legal) single track down into Aro Valley

There is legal singletrack between the turbine and Aro. I didn't say it went all the way. Why must people always assume the worst?

My apologies, I don't really think of Car Parts as running down to Aro although you are right it is technically between Aro and the Wind Turbine. And I don't consider the Roller Coaster as single track. So I assumed you were talking about something else

Ah. So THAT's what they were! I was wondering why people were carrying light batteries around!

Maybe I'll get one for next year (if I decide to enter..).

My nutritionist friend told me off for only drinking 1 litre of sports drink and half a leppin squeezie bottle on the whole Karapoti

psychavoc wrote:My nutritionist friend told me off for only drinking 1 litre of sports drink and half a leppin squeezie bottle on the whole Karapoti

Another half litre would have been good (specially as you really need a fair bit of liquid with the squeezies.

I had about 1.3l of replace, 350ml of coke and approx 2 squeezies.

Then a million pieces of b&e slice after (Gav got heaps of left overs from the food tent)

benw wrote:

Kah wrote: Car parts, roller coaster, and that trail that starts from Denton Park?

Denton Park isn't legal, unfortunately.

Theres no "no bike" sign though.

wgtngrl wrote:

psychavoc wrote:My nutritionist friend told me off for only drinking 1 litre of sports drink and half a leppin squeezie bottle on the whole Karapoti

Another half litre would have been good (specially as you really need a fair bit of liquid with the squeezies.

I had about 1.3l of replace, 350ml of coke and approx 2 squeezies.

Then a million pieces of b&e slice after (Gav got heaps of left overs from the food tent)

Did you have digestion issues? Did you cramp? If not then no, you didn't need anymore. An extra 1/2 litre would just be extra to carry. Stu only took 500ml for the whole race and he did ok. Think I sucked down about 800ml, and two squeeze packs (one to empty it so I could cover the gash in my tyres sidewall).

The Australian Institute of sport terms it 'functional dehydration.' They have determined most can lose approx 2kg in fluid before performance drops significantly. So if you can arrive at Dopers 2kg lighter then all good.

Key is then to replace the lose's ASAP once you've finished

mob: Is the video on the Poti web site this years race???

I was playing spot the vorber

lot of you peoples in that clip