2023 Subscriptions thejanullrichdietplan Posted March 16, 2017 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted March 16, 2017 Some possible changes to the World Champs this year. What are your thoughts?First. Would anyone prefer it to change to a couple of 10 week leagues? A spring - summer one and a summer - autumn one. The reason for this is if someone is injured or misses the first few weeks then it's not going to set them miles back for the rest of the year playing catch up. In between each 10 week block then there will be a couple of weeks where something different can be tried - perhaps an APR or two if there is enough interest. Alternatively just stick to the one competition same as last year (which was over 23 weeks i think)Second. Changing the course from time to time to keep things fresh. it will mostly be the usual chaingang route but as the nights get lighter then every so often this will change to the extended loop (route as normal, then back through Bishopton past the Monkey House and finish at the Houston 30) and also the Sewing Bee route to give a different sort of challenge and mix things up a bit. I had thought about altering the scoring so there were more placings available (eg for the first 5 up the Clune and first 5 at the finish) but i think this might make things a bit difficult to remember so instead of this how about a weekly strava segment challenge? This will run alongside the Thursday nights, and is for a virtual points jersey and will give those who cant make a Thursday a chance to take part. Every week i'll pick a strava segment and the fastest riders on that segment over the course of that week can get points - 6 points for 1st, 5 for 2nd, 4 for 3rd and 3 for 4th, 2 for 5th. 1 Point for everyone else that completes the segment. This will run Monday to Sunday and you can have as many attempts at setting a time as you like. The scores will get added to the following weeks chaingang score. The points jersey will also be a seperate competition that runs all through the summer so you dont need to take part in the chain gang to take part in this.Some of these segments will be climbs, some will be flat, some will be sprints and some longer efforts. I'll try to choose a stretch of road that doesnt feature on regular club runs and also try and spread it out around the area so everyone has a local one to attempt a few times when the wind conditions are just right. alexb, James Esus, RyanF and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions P McDonald Posted March 17, 2017 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted March 17, 2017 Hope we don't need a referendum on these changes.... Anyway I'll sign up for anything without a TT And a flat sprint to beat Mr Archibald cause I know he'll slag me about my TT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2024 Subscriptions Darryl Gunson Posted March 17, 2017 2024 Subscriptions Report Share Posted March 17, 2017 sounds like fun. I don't have any strong preferences for the number of weeks - It's all good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions XXX Posted March 17, 2017 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted March 17, 2017 Sounds good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions charlie p Posted March 17, 2017 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted March 17, 2017 Iain Democracy disnae work. Just remind them where they to b as I envisage some on westferry road some on sewing bee road and some on swift looking for the hidden strava sections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions PaulL Posted March 17, 2017 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted March 17, 2017 Sounds good Iain, as long as the first Strava section is "George town TT" Just for Paul McD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions robster82 Posted March 17, 2017 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted March 17, 2017 All sound's good to me Jan I'll be happy to go with the flow. Looking forward to it already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions P McDonald Posted March 17, 2017 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted March 17, 2017 Jan, is it time to own up, did you just want to add some tabs to your spreadsheet thejanullrichdietplan, George and XXX 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions Gummers Posted March 17, 2017 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted March 17, 2017 A man in search of an algorithm methinks 😂 I like proposed changes including varying the routes. Good effort Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions James Posted March 17, 2017 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted March 17, 2017 Sound good Iain. Glad your doing the spreadsheets!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions P McDonald Posted March 19, 2017 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted March 19, 2017 Jan, if we are talking strava segments, I think I just broke a Strava record, 1.8 miles in 33 mins at 4.4mph but I stayed upright ! That came immediately after a 1000m climb. Never known anything like it, did not know road or when it would end. Average gradient 13% but there were sections I was honking out the saddle and weaving in a 34-28. Jani Brakovicz holds the segment at over 9mph which is mind blowing, Ivan Basso is 4th. Teide assault tomorrow Gummers, PaulL, Richie Cross and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions gregbalden Posted March 20, 2017 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 Sounds good Jan. Liking the 10 week idea aswell, good for shift workers Colin McPhee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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