62vette

I don't know if it was on last night. I was at the pub at 5pm (as you do on a Friday) and forgot to set a tape.

Even Sky's email service was wrong telling me twice it would be on.

bar stewards!

mathmo

New Zealand rider signing in!

62vette

g'day mathmo! You post on cyclingnz.com as well right?

Zub Zub

Arg I have one tip for you all. NEVER TRY SURFING.

bjarni1

..and that is relevant how?

mathmo

Yup! Amazed that I've been recognized! Didn't think that I posted there much at all, also used to post to the tap which is where I get most people knowing me from. So if you have a runner hiding inside you....


(and back in the days I used to be a bit of forum ***** and post to heap of other random forums, but now for quite a while I've mainly just cut back to "the nothing forum" (place I've been posting to for years and years and years....) and from time to time cyclingnz (and more recently here))

NZLcyclist

I seen ya lurking in the Tri forum Mathmo

Brendon

Zub Zub

Its not. I tried surfing yesterday and got a day off school. Ive got two brusied hips and my legs are soere than when Joh paul took my team for a spinning class.

Marie

bjarni1

Oh dear what a shame

mathmo

I post to a triathlon forum?! That is news to me, although I possibly have sometime way back in the past. Or do you mean the triathlon forum at bikeforums.net? Oh yeah, I've done that from time to time. Is that a bad thing?! Because I'm really a triathlete...

62vette

It's not a bad thing as long as you follow the triathlete's anonymous programme:

e.g. 'Hi, my names "mathmo" and I'm a triathlete. It's been three days since I swam, biked and ran...'

mathmo

lol, well I've been too lazy to be doing any running for a long time. And I'm too cheap to pay the entry fees for swimming pools. However... it has only been about an hour since I was last on my bike!

ajst2duk

So who's doing K2/K1 - Round the Lakes (Roto) and Taupo (not neccessarily all of them)

NZLcyclist

ajst2duk - K2, maybe around Lake Rotorua, and for sure I'm doing around Taupo! Might make a day trip of Rotorua, and there is another 80k ride that weekend so I might get in 2 days back to back of 80k races... hmmm HAMMER THEM THERE LEGS!

Brendon

NZLcyclist

Marie - stop moaning - we no longer care

mathmo

I've been wondering about doing the enduro, I'll see how my (non) training is going closer to that date. Probably the time will just fly by, but perhaps I shall go down. Anybody here done the enduro??

NZLcyclist

nope but I might make an attempt next year if I get my fitness levels up! mmm 320k... yummy!

Brendon

62vette

I'm doing all three.

I just hope I've gotten enough hill training in for K2 otherwise I'll be in the hurt box on the last couple of hills.

Just one more short ride on Thursday and maybe a short spin on Friday when I get to Whitianga before K2.

I don't think I'll ever be tempted to do an enduro. I have a cousin that does it each year and apparently the night time riding is just dire, about 4 hours with nothing but what your headlight is illuminating to concentrate on.

I'd rather do an ironman if I'm ever feeling that nutty.

Zub Zub

Maybe no ones does

mathmo

Used to do a lot of night riding, however.... that was in auckland with plenty of street lamps. i'd worry about doing that out in the middle of nowhere.


I've already felt nutty enough for an Ironman!

Fitness?!?! Who cares about that!

NZLcyclist

I want to at least do the ride comfortably in 13 hours or so (6.5 for first lap and 6 for the second with the other riders with .5 for change.) so yes fitness would be a key element for an enduro for me.

IRONMAN - I've often thought about it and I have a long term goal of actually completing the NZ one, and if I am nutty enough, do the NORSEMAN XTREME TRIATHLON - basically after you get out of the water it's all uphill from there. Norway or somewhere!

I'll up the challenge to you Lindsay - Let's do IMNZ? by the time you are 50

Brendon

mathmo

Oh, you actually want to do it somewhat quickly. As for me, I'm just slow! And the reason for that is very close to nt worry about my fitness. Althugh I should really be working out some training to be doing. :rollseyes:

Is in norway (I'm over a quarter norwegian! Surname is also norwegian too), www.nxtri.com

wow, it certainly is very extreme! Pity it is so far away, would cost a bundle to go over there. Otherwise I'd consider giving it a go.

Was won this year by Bjørn Andersson, a guy who is often down in NZ.

bjarni1

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Is in norway (I'm over a quarter norwegian! Surname is also norwegian too)


Hey cool! im a quarter norweigen as well hence the name i use online..bjarni gudjonsson..

62vette

I can't claim Norwegian, but how's Danish?

3/4 real kiwi joker, 1/4 pastry. Although the cycling has changed that ratio

NZLcyclist

so are you a goer for IMNZ Lindsay?