2024 Subscriptions Darryl Gunson Posted June 27, 2017 2024 Subscriptions Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 Good luck at La Marmotte Guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions PaulL Posted June 27, 2017 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 Good luck lads! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions thejanullrichdietplan Posted June 27, 2017 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 Good luck I believe 37.35 is the mark to beat for the Alp to get your names in the record books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Cross Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 Cheers guys. I'll be happy to make the time cut off! No record attempts from me (are possible) My fear of my white legs being sunburnt seem to be unfounded as it looks like being unseasonally cold with highs of 17 ....and that's in the valley, not at altitude!! Iain67, PaulL, DavidC and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions James Posted June 28, 2017 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 Enjoy the trip and good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2024 Subscriptions Darryl Gunson Posted June 28, 2017 2024 Subscriptions Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 Here's what Lesley Scally had to say about La Marmotte: http://www.johnstone-wheelers.co.uk/thebunch/index.php?/topic/2624-memoires-of-la-marmotte-4th-july-2009/ And Scott Donaldson: http://www.johnstone-wheelers.co.uk/thebunch/index.php?/topic/6121-trophy-doisans/&do=findComment&comment=48023 Richie Cross 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions ginty001 Posted June 28, 2017 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 All the best lads, enjoy the trip and try not to get too wellied the night before ....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Cross Posted June 28, 2017 Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 Here's what Lesley Scally had to say about La Marmotte: http://www.johnstone-wheelers.co.uk/thebunch/index.php?/topic/2624-memoires-of-la-marmotte-4th-july-2009/ And Scott Donaldson: http://www.johnstone-wheelers.co.uk/thebunch/index.php?/topic/6121-trophy-doisans/&do=findComment&comment=48023 I have read those already. Not entirely sure it was a good idea 😄😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Richard Posted June 29, 2017 Members Report Share Posted June 29, 2017 There's live tracking, guys, so when the going gets tough, just mind that Big Brother is watching. All the best! Have a great time. robster82 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions AlanT Posted June 29, 2017 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted June 29, 2017 Good luck and enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al yuille Posted June 30, 2017 Report Share Posted June 30, 2017 Good luck. Looks like your turbo and heater sessions might be overkill Billy ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions XXX Posted July 1, 2017 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted July 1, 2017 Just a wee update We left 0600 every thing fine in a very busy Glasgow , hung around London three hours then flight to Gineva Arrived 14:10 went to pick up hire car two in front took adges , then drove Richie to pick up van missed the road that's ok we thought just circle round and get it no peak traffic took forever then after getting there Richie hasn't got his licence eventually back to Airport pick up bikes and the rest and drive to France more traffic eventually arrived at hotel 21:15 nearly 16 hours latter . Needless to say we went out for some carbs Darryl Gunson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions XXX Posted July 1, 2017 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted July 1, 2017 Part 2 Today was the usual faff about register by some junk , briefing the eventually a bike ride it's fairly cold up here so cold ride down the Alp into the valley then back up anothe col 13k but not overly steep, this comes out 7 bends from the top just enough for a taster and trust me it was enough and this was the easy part. Now going for food and hopefully a sleep before 05:30 breakfast Darryl Gunson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Committee Alan McLean Posted July 1, 2017 Committee Report Share Posted July 1, 2017 You'll miss the Galston ride tomorrow. Hope it's worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions P McDonald Posted July 1, 2017 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted July 1, 2017 50 mins to Arran on 7am ferry. Single done. 50 mins back on ferry. Home for lunch at 1245. Chill out afternoon and watch Lions beating All blacks replay, the watch people crashing in tour prologue. Having said all that I wish I was there ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Richard Posted July 2, 2017 Members Report Share Posted July 2, 2017 http://www.ilovemarmotte.com Type in the surnames. Darryl Gunson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2024 Subscriptions Darryl Gunson Posted July 2, 2017 2024 Subscriptions Report Share Posted July 2, 2017 Excellent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions XXX Posted July 2, 2017 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted July 2, 2017 50 mins to Arran on 7am ferry. Single done. 50 mins back on ferry. Home for lunch at 1245. Chill out afternoon and watch Lions beating All blacks replay, the watch people crashing in tour prologue. Having said all that I wish I was there ! The day 0500! Up breakfast 5:30 Ride down the Alp 06:00Then in pen eventually over the line 07:15 the ride to the glandon is fast and fun but over too quickly then the 24 k of the Glandon me Grieg and George rode up most of it together soon enough it was me and George 2 plus hours latter the decent which was damp and cold and scary lost George as he was well in front Next year valley to Telegraph spent most of that on my own eventually reaching the col but spent a couple of matches caught up with George and rode the 12 k or so together nice short decent and the Galibier 20 k this was sole destroying eventually I left George and rode to the top and waited for a short time as it was freezing Next a fantastic descent to the Alp again sort of on my own dragged a bunch to the btm of the Alp The Alp 22 hair pins of total torture everything hurts close to chucking it many times hung in finished had a few beers and George rolled in The rest can add but George's Alp storey is good charlie p, PaulL, Roberto and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions iain couttie Posted July 2, 2017 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted July 2, 2017 Come on George let's hear it,the reports from the front sound good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions thejanullrichdietplan Posted July 2, 2017 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted July 2, 2017 Well done First wheeler up the Alp think that makes you a mountain goat now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2024 Subscriptions Darryl Gunson Posted July 2, 2017 2024 Subscriptions Report Share Posted July 2, 2017 Hats off Billy. Sounds like a really tough day. Look forward to hearing all about it in all the gory detail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions George Posted July 3, 2017 Author 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 By far the toughest thing I've done on the bike. Very cool in the morning, thankfully, as would have struggled in the heat. Fast start from Bourg but the group thinned out as soon as we hit the glandon. Really hard at the start but we got into a rhythm of sorts. Misty & cold at top & mental descent. Got in a fast bunch on way to Telegraphe, this was long but not too bad (avg 7.5%) but then the Galibier- never ending. Truly horrible. Got cramp in left hamstring so so had to stop for a stretch. This is when my stomach problems started. More later.... Descent from Galibier was super fast with very wide roads so great fun. Got in a group and got to the Alpe in no time. First 4K were horrendous & my hamstring cramped again. Stomach still playing up. Counting down the corners now but moving at a snails pace then my right hamstring went-had to get off for a stretch. Corner 13. Had to get off & scurry into the trees to make a deposit. Nasty. Then just limped on and on and on while being baked in the heat. Picked up in last few K as the gradient eased and rolled to a stop. Utterly spent. Hardest day I've had on a bike but glad I did it. If only I'd trained for it although I'd likely had suffered as much but just gone faster. Box ticked👠Ramsay, thejanullrichdietplan, EricL and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2024 Subscriptions Darryl Gunson Posted July 3, 2017 2024 Subscriptions Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 Well done Le Bison. The unplanned scurry into the bushes is now known, I believe, as 'doing a Domoulan' (sp?). All the best cyclists are doing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions robster82 Posted July 3, 2017 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 Sound's a tough old day on the bike folks but great at the same time, well done all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions P McDonald Posted July 3, 2017 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 Brilliant stuff chaps. Bison in the trees with stomach issues ? Probably searching for a lady bison, Knew it from the photo of you getting a motivational bison knee Billy, you are now a climbing God. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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