kieran
Reged: 11/07/2007
Posts: 495
Loc: currently in toronto.
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wow
its been roughly 12mths since i started training seriously.
last august i wrote on the forum to see if averaging 20mph for a 30 miles flat to rolling route was ok.
i just did a self inflicted TT over 36.25 mile loop with an average speed of 21.93 mph. the course included a total of 700m of vertical climbing and one very steep 1/2mile climb with sections at 25% rising 150m.
with the warm up and down i managed a 52 miles route in an average or 20.1mph
last june i could hardly do 10 miles in 45 mins without being totaly wasted.
i`ve lost 35lbs and gotton two new bikes (and a hot young latin girlfriend) life is not to shabby.
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wuverley
Reged: 16/05/2008
Posts: 1495
Loc: Man of Kent
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Good for you
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bfergie
Reged: 19/04/2008
Posts: 1623
Loc: Wickerman land,Scotland
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"i`ve lost 35lbs and gotton two new bikes (and a hot young latin girlfriend) life is not to shabby."
You lucky dog, well done.. Wish I had two new bikes!! I suppose the rest of the stuff sounds ok too!! 
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bigoldsideofham
Reged: 23/12/2007
Posts: 1079
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Ive lost 45 pounds, rode my first adult 100 miler, joined my first club, got my first racing licence and knocked 7 mins off my p.b ten time, Im happy! Oh and 3 new bikes - all since christmas. 
Edited by bigoldsideofham (28/06/2008 23:45)
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bfergie
Reged: 19/04/2008
Posts: 1623
Loc: Wickerman land,Scotland
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Well seeing as everyone else is having a go.. lost 42lbs since november, had to make a bike and no hot young latin girlfriend for my efforts  !!! Pooh! Well at least I might live longer.
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thatwomanagain
Reged: 30/07/2006
Posts: 1959
Loc: Hugh Porter country...
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Impressive stuff!!
Problem is, you've got to maintain these stunning preformances for the rest of your lives now...  
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slowhand
Reged: 11/12/2006
Posts: 696
Loc: Leeds, West Yorkshire
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Well, I've not lost any weight, not got any new bikes, and not broken any PBs, and not got a new girlfriend (Mrs Slowhand would kill me!).
I did, however, get a new daughter in January, so I trump you all!
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"There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called marriage."
James Holt McGavran
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hubbub
Reged: 22/10/2007
Posts: 517
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I can't lose weight no matter how I try, that includes adding an extra, hilly, 35 miles/ week to the commute - had to drop that again when I injured the knee, but it'll be coming back soon.
Got a new bike last year to replace an old faithful which snapped across the top tube lug.
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electroshock
Reged: 26/09/2007
Posts: 64
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I just rode a fifty tt in stupid windy and wet conditions, been up half the night with two of four kids, been married to the same woman for years and haven't had a new bike since.....Well i just aint got a new bike. GOD I'm depresed
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scm
Reged: 24/06/2006
Posts: 1234
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Quote:
I can't lose weight no matter how I try ...
What have you tried, and how motivated are you to lose weight (namely, what are you prepared to do and, more importantly, not prepared to do)?
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hubbub
Reged: 22/10/2007
Posts: 517
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Altered diet, increased mileage, changed job...
It was working well, I got down from 13 1/2 to 13 stone. - Then I gave up smoking a pipe after 30 odd years. Now I'm 14 1/2 and it will NOT go down, I'm struggling to keep it static.
I don't think being 55 years old helps a lot, weight control seems to become progressively more difficult from 40 onwards.
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wuverley
Reged: 16/05/2008
Posts: 1495
Loc: Man of Kent
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Since last month I have:
Won the EuroMillions lottery, £24.6 million
Grown 6" taller
My penis has got 3" longer
Have got at least 7 girlfriends
(My partner doesn't seem to mind)
Inherited several oil fields in Venezuela
Got my 12hr PB up to 298 miles
Have been selected to ride the sprint events in Beijing, for Bhutan
So fairly normal this month.
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kieran
Reged: 11/07/2007
Posts: 495
Loc: currently in toronto.
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Inherited several oil fields in Venezuela
shame, can`t win them all though 
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scm
Reged: 24/06/2006
Posts: 1234
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I don't think being 55 years old helps a lot, weight control seems to become progressively more difficult from 40 onwards.
Well, I'm 58 and the only time I put on weight is when I eat too much! I'm 4 pounds heavier now than my racing weight when I was 20. 
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wuverley
Reged: 16/05/2008
Posts: 1495
Loc: Man of Kent
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I am in discussions with George W as to how we sort out that situation.
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bigoldsideofham
Reged: 23/12/2007
Posts: 1079
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how about a pie of mash destruction?
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eric09
Reged: 14/11/2007
Posts: 379
Loc: Doc Fuentes' lab
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Mister Bfergie you are truly luckiest of us all with that beautiful time trial bike. But more on topic I've been cycling since last October and just got my first sub 30 10 mile TT and lost 1 stone. A good few months!
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bigoldsideofham
Reged: 23/12/2007
Posts: 1079
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Good effort fella. It was only 7 weeks from my first sub 30 to the current 26.35(on the same undulating course). Horrific punishing intervals, and positional work on the turbo are the key! Cant wait to do a flat one, im pretty sure i can get close to 24 minutes on a more 'sain' course. Then of course ill have an excuse to actually buy a TT machine next year.(funds permitting)
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bfergie
Reged: 19/04/2008
Posts: 1623
Loc: Wickerman land,Scotland
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I told you I can make another mutant, price is dependant on spec, even got some of the bar tape left!!
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wuverley
Reged: 16/05/2008
Posts: 1495
Loc: Man of Kent
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The Q10/30 is one of the fastest in the country, down the road from me. I know its quite a travel, but its quick.
What is it with CTT course names?
It had always been the Q10/30, (explaining nothing), until 2 years ago when it became known as Reculver. But I notice it has now reverted to Q10/30 in official pronouncements.
Reculver is near Herne Bay, by the way. There are quite a few open events there every year.
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