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Bloody 'ell .... Strava Climbing Challenge!

  • 01-05-2012 07:32AM
    #1
    C3PO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,815 ✭✭✭


    While congratulating myself on achieving a final 80% of the total and managing an average of 550mts per day over the 47 days I noticed the winners totals ....

    Brian Toone climbed a total of 142,848 mts in 47 days .... thats 3039 mts per day, every day! He also cycled 96 times ie twice a day!

    http://app.strava.com/challenges/specialized-classic

    I know Ryan over achieved, anyone else get over 100%?


Comments

  • #2
    lennymc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,387 ✭✭✭lennymc


    i think i got 18%. LOL. Them guys better watch out


  • #3
    colm_gti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭colm_gti


    65% was the best I could do


  • #4
    Inquitus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,764 ✭✭✭✭Inquitus


    I did a massive 12%!


  • #5
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,190 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    A university professor. Fairly safe to say then that he only works a few hours a week and gets massively paid for it, giving him a chance to spend 35 hours a week cycling while his wife stays at home with the kids :)

    Though you can't fault his dedication. He has a scott addict with 80,000km on the clock :eek:
    I'd be fairly sure that the frame is about the only original part left on that one.


  • #6
    daragh_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭daragh_


    35% :rolleyes:

    Still my knees are intact.


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  • #7
    clog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,100 ✭✭✭clog


    got to 48% started well but the weather has messed things up in the last few weeks.


  • #8
    manafana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,486 ✭✭✭manafana


    colm_gti wrote: »
    65% was the best I could do

    and you climb loads as it is, hence your knee pain

    just 39% for myself tailed off on the km's last 3weeks.


  • #9
    wanderer 22
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,178 ✭✭✭wanderer 22


    35% for me - slacked off the last two weeks or so


  • #10
    Morrisseeee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭Morrisseeee


    I was looking at his (Toone) files and I think he's being credited with alot of ascending meters that he didn't do !!
    /or maybe I'm just a spiteful git :pac:


  • #11
    Iwernia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 149 ✭✭Iwernia


    managed 59% but ran out of local sportives.


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  • #12
    seve65
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 607 ✭✭✭seve65


    113%


  • #13
    Dubba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 895 ✭✭✭Dubba


    Only 47% for me but in the Ride Hard to Breathe Easy challenge I got to 139%. Ironically I've just gone back on the fags after 4 months off - idiot :(


  • #14
    seve65
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 607 ✭✭✭seve65


    Morrisseeee wrote: »
    I was looking at his (Toone) files and I think he's being credited with alot of ascending meters that he didn't do !!
    /or maybe I'm just a spiteful git :pac:

    No I agree, perhaps the strava elevation corrections they have in the states are more accurate. There was one ride where he was accumulating more elevation than I compared for a similar distance I did where I was just going up and down a 7% gradient yet getting less elevation than brian, and I couldnt honestly see his average ascents on that ride being >7% (maybe they were, i wasnt looking that hard). Having said all of that hes still doing miles more than the rest of us ! and kudos for that.


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