Team Boards.ie/Wheelworxs Race Around Ireland from September 14 2010

Beasty

Through TS 16 at 9.30 - that's 1,718km in 61hr 25m, an average of 28kph (website is incorrectly showing 109hr 25m!! - timer seems to be recording based on the Sunday starts!)

Nietzschean

Beasty wrote: »

Tweet (from about half an hour ago):

"Gained 3 hr on the 3 team. We're steady 2nd heading to waterford. Peter & Tom going through youghal shortly. Come on boys!"

3 hours - that's incredible!!

kinda feel sorry for the team in 3rd, they must have gotten lost or are just completely fading

Still though, great for the lads

ROK ON

Nietzschean wrote: »

kinda feel sorry for the team in 3rd, they must have gotten lost or are just completely fading

Still though, great for the lads

They had their van in Kenmare last night preparing for the changeover when the Boards van arrived. From Kenmare to the Mizen Hd, would be a road where it would be very easy to get lost, particularly at night. F, all signposts and lots of twisty roads. Shortly after I left the lads I got a phone call from Lumen as the sta nav wanted to take them over a boreen up a mountain (Priests Leap) rather than going via main road. So even sat navs wouldnt be reliable.

Having seen the crew last night and heard some of the stories, I realise that while this is brutal for the riders it is completly unreasonably insane on the crew.

Hopefully all the teams and their crews will complete the rest safely.

I am coming to the conclusion that (1) this is insanity and (2) to do it well you need at least two camper vans and 3 - 4 rotating teams of crew (two of which are resting at any one time.) That is about 8 to 12 people supporting a team.

All the teams doing this are just getting by on crap food and damn all sleep. Fair play to them. I have no sympathy for the riders however, they are simply plain mad:rolleyes:.

jeffontour

ROK ON wrote: »

They had their van in Kenmare last night preparing for the changeover when the Boards van arrived. From Kenmare to the Mizen Hd, would be a road where it would be very easy to get lost, particularly at night. F, all signposts and lots of twisty roads. Shortly after I left the lads I got a phone call from Lumen as the sta nav wanted to take them over a boreen up a mountain (Priests Leap) rather than going via main road. So even sat navs wouldnt be reliable.

Having seen the crew last night and heard some of the stories, I realise that while this is brutal for the riders it is completly unreasonably insane on the crew.

Hopefully all the teams and their crews will complete the rest safely.

I am coming to the conclusion that (1) this is insanity and (2) to do it well you need at least two camper vans and 3 - 4 rotating teams of crew (two of which are resting at any one time.) That is about 8 to 12 people supporting a team.

All the teams doing this are just getting by on crap food and damn all sleep. Fair play to them. I have no sympathy for the riders however, they are simply plain mad:rolleyes:.

We have reverted to 1 car on road supporting sub teams of 2 riders to rest crew. I have had a total of around four hours sleep in last 75 hours, Making some silly decisions on Wednesday night due to exhaustion throughout crew and riders.

In better shape now, Raam should be doing Mahon Falls round now. Not long to home.

penexpers

Anyone guess what time they might be passing through Straffan at?

ROK ON

The hit TS16 in Youghal at 930am.

From there I think,

333km to Lauragh

442km to Navan

380km to Straffn

If going at 30km/h average then
2030 at Lauragh
2100 or so at Sally Gap
1215 at Navan
1015 at Straffan.

Beasty

Facebook entry from about half an hour ago:

"Up the road from Carrick. Waiting for Tom and Peter to come back to the camper and let kevin and Aidan go. Heading towards Waterford in 2min. Ready to go now."

Beasty

RPM went through TS 16 1hr 32m behind the guys. Adjusting for the 5 minute difference at the start, that gives the Wheelworx/Boards team a 1hr 27m lead

They should be through the next checkpoint any time, but the website is taking a bit of time to update (possibly as a result of the headquarter
staff welcoming other riders as they come in)

Beasty

Beasty wrote: »

They should be through the next checkpoint any time

2 minutes out - they went through at 13.17 - total distance 1,823.8km at 27.9kph

About 300km to go....

ROK ON

From there I think,


If going at 30km/h average then

2030 at Lauragh
2100 or so at Sally Gap
1215 at Navan
1015 at Straffan.

At present speed average.

2115 at Lauragh
0100 at Navan.

joker77

ROK ON wrote: »

From there I think,


If going at 30km/h average then

2030 at Lauragh
2100 or so at Sally Gap
1215 at Navan
1015 at Straffan.

At present speed average.

2115 at Lauragh
0100 at Navan.

Is that this evening? Tempted to head up for some support -

Beasty

joker77 wrote: »

Is that this evening? Tempted to head up for some support -

Yes - I am sure any support will be greatly appreciated

Esroh

manwithaplan wrote: »

Just noticed Renegade Cycling have two 47 year olds and a 45 year old. One guy started racing at 40. There's hope for us teetering on the brink of middle age yet.

Any TOIChal 08er may knoew Peter Vance from this team. It may be him who started racing at 40.

@ Beasty Thanks for the updates as said you have been playing a blinder.


To the Whole Team stay Safe its been a buzz following your progress so far

Beasty

Esroh wrote: »

Any TOIChal 08er may knoew Peter Vance from this team. It may be him who started racing at 40.

I hope no-one is suggesting that someone who started racing much later than his 40th birthday should give this a go....

Valerio Zamboni is 56, so I guess I have a few opportunities yet:eek:

the Underdogs are now shown as finishing at 12.30 - total time 111hr 30mins, at an average of 18.9kph - another great performance

shaungil

ROK ON wrote: »

They had their van in Kenmare last night preparing for the changeover when the Boards van arrived. From Kenmare to the Mizen Hd, would be a road where it would be very easy to get lost, particularly at night. F, all signposts and lots of twisty roads. Shortly after I left the lads I got a phone call from Lumen as the sta nav wanted to take them over a boreen up a mountain (Priests Leap) rather than going via main road. So even sat navs wouldnt be reliable.

Having seen the crew last night and heard some of the stories, I realise that while this is brutal for the riders it is completly unreasonably insane on the crew.

Hopefully all the teams and their crews will complete the rest safely.

I am coming to the conclusion that (1) this is insanity and (2) to do it well you need at least two camper vans and 3 - 4 rotating teams of crew (two of which are resting at any one time.) That is about 8 to 12 people supporting a team.

All the teams doing this are just getting by on crap food and damn all sleep. Fair play to them. I have no sympathy for the riders however, they are simply plain mad:rolleyes:.

Riding is the easy bit, sit on bike turn pedals tell legs shut up. Crewing is horrible. We got 2 fresh crew in for the last day who came in and made a massive difference and could think straight.

For day-time I reckon 1 car is fine cos no delay on changeovers as car can go ahead however 2 needed for the 12 hrs at night. Changeovers cannot be underestimated lsing 30 secs on a changeover evey hour adds up to 35 mins in three days and look at the gaps between teams. You can also do shorter stints at higher speeds. Will be interesting to hear the lads thoughts when they eventually wake up. I was like a narco leptic for weeks after.

Beasty

They've gone through TS18 at 16:28 (website is incorrectly showing 14:28). Average speed is back up to 28kph over 1,920km. A couple of "bumps" and then it's downhill all the way ....

Toblerone1978

Is the average speeding simply distance divided by time or is it "moving" average speed?

Cheers

Beasty

Toblerone1978 wrote: »

Is the average speeding simply distance divided by time or is it "moving" average speed?

Cheers

Total distance divided by total time

Toblerone1978

That's a very impressive speed!

Thanks for the updates Lads.

Lumen

Toblerone1978 wrote: »

Is the average speeding simply distance divided by time

Yes. It's basically:

Total distance - getting lost distance

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Rolling time + faffing time + screwup time

Beasty

Welcome back Lumen - we've missed you ...

Hopefully see you around 1 o'clock in the morning - keep up the fantastic work

Lumen

Peter and Tom are "on" now. For the last stage we'll get a bit more creative.

Camper and auxiliary car will be leaving Drinagh in the next few minutes.

Everyone is in great spirits. If we could drink beer without getting disqualified, we would. Unfortunately there's a rule about that, so we've been stuffing the ice creams down instead. Rock and roll.

snollup

well done lads - almost there now!

kenmc

Lumen wrote: »

If we could drink beer without getting disqualified, we would. Unfortunately there's a rule about that, so we've been stuffing the ice creams down instead. Rock and roll.

WTF?must be bloody cowens fault too!

penexpers

Lumen wrote: »

Peter and Tom are "on" now. For the last stage we'll get a bit more creative.

Camper and auxiliary car will be leaving Drinagh in the next few minutes.

Everyone is in great spirits. If we could drink beer without getting disqualified, we would. Unfortunately there's a rule about that, so we've been stuffing the ice creams down instead. Rock and roll.

Is there any cake left?

ROK ON

Lauragh should be some time from 2045-2130.

From there I reckon 3 hours to the finish (108km, but downhill then flat).

No pressure on the team, but it would be great to finish before midnight;).

Id love to be at Navan tonite, wonder will the lads & crew go clubbin afterwards?

Beasty

ROK ON wrote: »

From there I reckon 3 hours to the finish (108km, but downhill then flat).

No pressure on the team, but it would be great to finish before midnight;).

It would be great, but the solo and 2-man teams were taking well over 5 hours for the last stage

Having said that, if they're going to do it as a Team TT, who knows...

ROK ON

Beasty wrote: »

It would be great, but the solo and 2-man teams were taking well over 5 hours for the last stage

Having said that, if they're going to do it as a Team TT, who knows...

Nah, if there averaging 28kmph on lumpy stages, then they will do 20% better than that with a 14km descent followed by the road Blessington to Naas to Maynooth etc.

Ice cream is great recovery food, so they will be feeling just fine.

Hermy

I'm gonna head out to the finish in Navan from Swords. Anyone want a lift?

Beasty

ROK ON wrote: »

Nah, if there averaging 28kmph on lumpy stages, then they will do 20% better than that with a 14km descent followed by the road Blessington to Naas to Maynooth etc.

Ice cream is great recovery food, so they will be feeling just fine.

I'm holding you responsible if I'm hanging round for a couple of hours. I'd better take the ban-stick with me, I could always spend the time sharpening it up;)

Beasty

Houston we have a flat tyre ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ7jXyGh6zM

Beasty

RPM have gone through TS18 1h 58m behind Wheelworx/Boards

Hopefully the guys will be able to navigate their way through the Wicklow mountains ...

sy

Any update on ETA in Navan and sre they arriving back at Kennedy Road where they started? Hope to be there. Great achievement by team and crew

jimm

penexpers wrote: »

Anyone guess what time they might be passing through Straffan at?

I was thinking of heading to Straffan, about 45mins from me.

They expect to be in Laragh at 9pm http://twitter.com/WheelworxBoards so I reckon 10.30-11 ish at Straffan (54km from Laragh)

jimm

sy wrote: »

Any update on ETA in Navan and sre they arriving back at Kennedy Road where they started? Hope to be there. Great achievement by team and crew

No it's here: Finish: Navan Enterprise Center, Navan, Co. Meath

Beasty

They should soon be going through the last checkpoint, and Renegade should be coming into the finish, having passed through the last checkpoint at 17:40

We should get a pretty good idea of the time taken for the last stage by Renegade, and should then have a reasonable estimate of the Boards ETA

Finish is shown as Navan Enterprise Centre, which I believe is just off the Trim Road (not sure if this is where they started)

Beasty

9.25 through Laragh, and into the final stage - I think I can safely say it's mostly downhill all the way now

I suspect they'll be in Navan between 12.30 and 1

One final push guys....

Beasty

... and Renegade have just finished at 9.33 - the last leg was just under 4 hours which suggests the guys may be some time after 1, but I'll probably head over for 12 anyway

Hermy

I'll see you then Beasty. Thanks again for all the updates.:)

The tax man

I feel dirty driving to Navan now. See you guys up there.

irishmotorist

C'mon lads - ye are flippin legends. Nearly there!

jimm

Jeeeeeeezzzzzzzzz I can hardly feel my fingers or toes!!!! Just home from Straffan after seeing them sail through at 11.30pm. One rider and just one support car, the other car and camper must have gone a different route. I couldn't ID the rider, his light was so powerful. Waved my Boards jersey furiously and shouted a few words of cheeriness.

Hope all make it safely to Navan.

PS. Mrs. jimm thinks I've gone completely bonkers

Beasty

The campervan is here
Lumen is here
Dirk is here

Hermy, the Taxman, sy and emtroche are here

The riders are still 15km away, so hopefully we'll see them in about 30 mins.

More to follow .....

Esroh

Chapeau All. Riders and Crew alike

Beasty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FmPhJkdTwU

kennyb3

Congrats lads, unimagineable effort

sy

Crossing the finish line after 2100 kms!!

Aidan


Tom


Kevin


Peter

Well done guys

Beasty

Just home, having seen the guys cross the line at 1.25

Everyone (riders and crew) was in high spirits, although clearly exhausted. It's pretty clear none of them had any idea of what they were letting themselves in for when they started this adventure

Congratulations to all the riders and crew as well as the organisers and other teams involved in this great event.

Got to go now, as I have my own 500m race starting at 11 o'clock in the morning. Managed to scrounge some cakes off Caroline, which should help sustain me through the day

sy

Nice hair Aidan!


Getting their medals for 2nd place

Proud moment and Tom sporting his Boards jersey


Brothers

sy

Champagne celebration

Happy guys and can't wait to hear the stories!




Caroline, thanks for the cakes.



Some of the (tired) crew Dirkvoodoo and Lumen.