Re: Nurby - a painful experience

Imagine doing it for real for 2+ hours :o Sure gives you a new respect for those guys doesn't it =) ...Colin Tony Corken <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I can't seem to break 8.20 at the ring. > I'm going as quick as I can while keeping it on the track. > Think I'm loosing time on the last slow section before the long > straight to the finish. Too many s bends to loose time on and very > easy to loose it all together. Can be very frustrating at that stage > to spin out cos the lap is lost. > By that time my hand is cramped holding the wheel so tightly, my > pedals are slipping away from me under the desk and my back is killing > me - I'm going to need my own physiotherapist at this rate. Still, > it's all in a good cause - I think

I can't seem to break 8.20 at the ring. I'm going as quick as I can while keeping it on the track. Think I'm loosing time on the last slow section before the long straight to the finish. Too many s bends to loose time on and very easy to loose it all together. Can be very frustrating at that stage to spin out cos the lap is lost. By that time my hand is cramped holding the wheel so tightly, my pedals are slipping away from me under the desk and my back is killing me - I'm going to need my own physiotherapist at this rate. Still, it's all in a good cause - I think

At first glance, I thought you wrote "Furby - a painful experience". Needless to say what I pictured was not pretty. Andrew Tony Corken wrote:

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> I can't seem to break 8.20 at the ring. > I'm going as quick as I can while keeping it on the track. > Think I'm loosing time on the last slow section before the long > straight to the finish. Too many s bends to loose time on and very > easy to loose it all together. Can be very frustrating at that stage > to spin out cos the lap is lost. > By that time my hand is cramped holding the wheel so tightly, my > pedals are slipping away from me under the desk and my back is killing > me - I'm going to need my own physiotherapist at this rate. Still, > it's all in a good cause - I think

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> I can't seem to break 8.20 at the ring. > I'm going as quick as I can while keeping it on the track. > Think I'm loosing time on the last slow section before the long > straight to the finish. Too many s bends to loose time on and very > easy to loose it all together. Can be very frustrating at that stage > to spin out cos the lap is lost. > By that time my hand is cramped holding the wheel so tightly, my > pedals are slipping away from me under the desk and my back is killing > me - I'm going to need my own physiotherapist at this rate. Still, > it's all in a good cause - I think

I've been stuck around that time for ages. I've gone from 8:22 to 8:18, but it's taken 3 or 4 months. I know what you mean about the last section. It's really easy to make a mistake on the Wipperman->Pflantzgarten section. And worse, be too slow trying not to make a mistake and waste a good 1st section! And then you can waste an entire lap by taking Antoniusbusche too fast and hitting the hedge! - Michael

On Wed 28 Jun 2000 09:30:09pm, Tony Corken wrote: >I can't seem to break 8.20 at the ring.<snip> My heart bleeds... ;-) -- David. (GPLRank handicap: +39.92) "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

Turner wrote: > At first glance, I thought you wrote > > "Furby - a painful experience". > > Needless to say what I pictured was not pretty. Was Richard Gere involved? Dave Ewing -- ***************************************************** David A. Ewing Xilinx Boulder [email hidden] *****************************************************

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (Tony Corken) writes: >I can't seem to break 8.20 at the ring. Aww...wanna trade places?(9:00.60) <g> Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +70.45 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <8jdo9b$ee6$[email hidden]>, "JP" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>Imagine doing it for real for 2+ hours :o >Sure gives you a new respect for those guys doesn't it =) >...Colin > >Tony Corken <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> I can't seem to break 8.20 at the ring. >> I'm going as quick as I can while keeping it on the track. >> Think I'm loosing time on the last slow section before the long >> straight to the finish. Too many s bends to loose time on and very >> easy to loose it all together. Can be very frustrating at that stage >> to spin out cos the lap is lost. >> By that time my hand is cramped holding the wheel so tightly, my >> pedals are slipping away from me under the desk and my back is killing >> me - I'm going to need my own physiotherapist at this rate. Still, >> it's all in a good cause - I think

I got a new respect after my first ballistic wreck at speed... <g> Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +70.45 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

writes: Aww...wanna trade places?(9:00.60) <g> Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +70.45 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Eldred, this must hurt. 0.60 secs to brake the psychological barrier - how do you feel? <hehe> Jens On 30 Jun 2000 00:34:03 GMT, [email hidden] (EldredP) wrote:

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>In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (Tony Corken) >writes: > >>I can't seem to break 8.20 at the ring. > >Aww...wanna trade places?(9:00.60) ><g> > >Eldred

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>Eldred, >this must hurt. >0.60 secs to brake the psychological barrier - how do you feel? <hehe> >Jens >Corken) >>writes: >>>I can't seem to break 8.20 at the ring. >>Aww...wanna trade places?(9:00.60) >><g> >>Eldred

It doesn't bother me too much - now. I know that if I don't***up, I can go under 9 minutes. I'm guessing my limit will be somewhere around 8:30, but I have to learn the track better. I haven't driven since then - lack of time, and something's wrong with my TSW pedals... :( Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +70.45 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.