2023 Subscriptions charlie p Posted May 11, 2014 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted May 11, 2014 Well done big Al . 8th in scottish impressive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions P McDonald Posted May 11, 2014 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted May 11, 2014 Magnificent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EPCC Posted May 11, 2014 Report Share Posted May 11, 2014 Dito Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Cowden Posted May 11, 2014 Report Share Posted May 11, 2014 Superb effort Al - fantastic time too! Iain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions AlanT Posted May 11, 2014 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted May 11, 2014 Outstanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions Gummers Posted May 11, 2014 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted May 11, 2014 Absolutely and totally awesomely outstanding Al! Congratulations to you. The Sub 20 is coming..... Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions ginty001 Posted May 12, 2014 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 Awesome Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark O Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 Get in Big Man. Sub 20 this year for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavieB Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 You seem to have been consistently fantastic all year .......well done Al. Great for the club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions iain couttie Posted May 12, 2014 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 well done al, it seems that good looks are no hinderence to speed! iain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest George Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 well done al, it seems that good looks are no hinderence to speed! iain Must be another reason why I'm rubbish then. iain couttie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 Thanks very much everyone, it means a lot! Thomsonscycles and Richard 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions thejanullrichdietplan Posted May 12, 2014 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 Nice one Was it a PB for a 10? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomsonscycles Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 I have already congratulated Al personally but it won't do any harm to say it again. It' was a fantastic ride so early in the season too. Can't wait too see you dip into the 19s. Congratulations again. Was great too see you in your new kit into the bargain. Proud sponsors indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted May 12, 2014 Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 Thanks Alan! Yes Iain, it was a 20:44 which is 11 seconds off my PB from 2 weeks ago, the course just suits my power profile really well being reasonably flat and in a straight line! Will really need to get a power meter some time soon as that's how everyone else rides it, I just go off heart rate and cadence (which I have really been experimenting with over the last few 10's). It was a steady ride and I didn't think it was fast until about 2 minutes to go, I still find it hard to judge where I am on that course, it just all looks the same! I was still fairly battered after Wednesday night on the A77, that is a tough course, and yesterday was my fourth 10 in 8 days. I think the thing that really made the difference was a good 1hour warm up, getting there early, and being in a good organised routine! It sounds utterly daft, and it's the simple things, but having a pop-up gazebo has also made things much more comfortable for getting ready and warming up in, I had 3 of the top 7 riders over begging a shot for their warm ups too! Thanks for all the nice comments and encouragement, it does make a difference, hopefully there's plenty more good riding still to come, I'm looking forward to a float night on the Westferry Thomsonscycles 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions KarenG Posted May 12, 2014 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted May 12, 2014 Well done Al, brilliant result! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions charlie p Posted May 13, 2014 Author 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 Al Out of interest what is your heart rate and cadence for a 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted May 13, 2014 Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 HR for the first few and longer ones this year 169-170, 173-176 in the last week for the tens Cadence I had been sitting 90-107 earlier in the season, I've been experimenting and have been in the low 80's to 90's the last couple, depends on le parcour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions charlie p Posted May 13, 2014 Author 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted May 13, 2014 Cheers Sounds painful so will stick to wheel sucking Big Al and KennyS 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Committee Alan McLean Posted May 14, 2014 Committee Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 Fantastic result. I would love to see you break 20 with a powermeter to smoooooth out the watts. Massive chapeau for doing it old skool amongst the geeks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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