2012 Audax Alpine Classic
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 5:29 pm
If people are interested in looking at yourself. There are photo on the Alpine Audax web site
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Consider it training for the 2013 ACE. You're in front already!hannos wrote: Next time I think I'll actually ride some hills before doing the 250...
I enjoyed reading your whole post. It kept my interest all the way but the first sentence was the most important part of the whole story. Good onya!madmarsupial wrote:I managed to finish the 250 ride this year and had a lot of fun doing it.
ausrandoman wrote:I enjoyed reading your whole post. It kept my interest all the way but the first sentence was the most important part of the whole story. Good onya!madmarsupial wrote:I managed to finish the 250 ride this year and had a lot of fun doing it.
No, just a cyclisthannos wrote:
I must be a sucker for punishment.
Training and hydration / nutrition. I reckon lots of people don't eat and drink enough.hannos wrote:Some great stories here Well done to all.
After cramping near the top of Hotham (poor hydration....) and struggling up back of falls, I vowed to never do this ride again.
Driving home the next day I was planning the training I should have done so I can perform better next year
I must be a sucker for punishment.
+1Eleri wrote:
Training and hydration / nutrition. I reckon lots of people don't eat and drink enough.
Yep to this. Last year my traing was lacking and my food plan worse, result at least 20 mins spent sitting in the gutter half way up Buffalo sheeting sweat and dizzyness followed by an agonising 9km/hr ride to the top swearing I would never do this ride again if I could just finish it. Of course the next day I am re thinking training plan etc for the 2012 assault!It took me 3 weeks to fully recover from it.feral grasshopper wrote:+1Eleri wrote:
Training and hydration / nutrition. I reckon lots of people don't eat and drink enough.
+ 1 on this.Daccordi Rider wrote:So for me the difference between a good eating plan and none was huge, most especially I think in terms of recovery. We can probably all train more!
Eleri wrote:Training and hydration / nutrition. I reckon lots of people don't eat and drink enough.hannos wrote:Some great stories here Well done to all.
After cramping near the top of Hotham (poor hydration....) and struggling up back of falls, I vowed to never do this ride again.
Driving home the next day I was planning the training I should have done so I can perform better next year
I must be a sucker for punishment.
I can vouch for that. Dehydration hit me with 4kms left of climbing in the ACE. Hit quickly too, was feeling great then BAM I had nothing. Got off at the next water stop dizzy and had tingling sensations in my hands feet and face. Took me an hour to feel good enough to get back on the bike, somehow felt great again once going. Then came back basically as soon as I finished in Bright. I blame myself for not using enough of my electrolyte/carb powder. Was drinking and eating all day, but my sports drink tasted gross when warm so skipped it for fresh water for the majority of the last half. Lesson learnt!hannos wrote:Eleri wrote:Training and hydration / nutrition. I reckon lots of people don't eat and drink enough.hannos wrote:Some great stories here Well done to all.
After cramping near the top of Hotham (poor hydration....) and struggling up back of falls, I vowed to never do this ride again.
Driving home the next day I was planning the training I should have done so I can perform better next year
I must be a sucker for punishment.
Not nutrition, just dehydration.
It was quite humid at 4am and I didn't drink enough on the way out to Hotham.
I fixed that pretty quickly though and didn't have any trouble for the rest of the ride.
I had 1 bidon electrolytes, one of plain water and one of nutrition (Hammer).number21 wrote:I can vouch for that. Dehydration hit me with 4kms left of climbing in the ACE. Hit quickly too, was feeling great then BAM I had nothing. Got off at the next water stop dizzy and had tingling sensations in my hands feet and face. Took me an hour to feel good enough to get back on the bike, somehow felt great again once going. Then came back basically as soon as I finished in Bright. I blame myself for not using enough of my electrolyte/carb powder. Was drinking and eating all day, but my sports drink tasted gross when warm so skipped it for fresh water for the majority of the last half. Lesson learnt!hannos wrote:Eleri wrote:
Training and hydration / nutrition. I reckon lots of people don't eat and drink enough.
Not nutrition, just dehydration.
It was quite humid at 4am and I didn't drink enough on the way out to Hotham.
I fixed that pretty quickly though and didn't have any trouble for the rest of the ride.
it was still quite cool heading up hotham in (or trailing..) the 6.19 bunch. i didn't have a problem with fluid supply, refilling in DP. i find that downing a few glasses of water before starting the ride allows me to 'bank' fluids. it was on the back of falls that i started sweating like an open tap, but there was plenty of water supply stations put on by audax. i could have done that leg with a single bidon, i reckon.cavebear2 wrote:I have no idea how riders carrying only 2 bidons and starting at 6:19AM cope with hydration needs on this ride. I guess most of them just go into various deficits, (volume & electrolytes) especially between Bright and Dinner Plain.
How far apart are the hydration stops?cavebear2 wrote:I have no idea how riders carrying only 2 bidons and starting at 6:19AM cope with hydration needs on this ride.
Do you know what your total liquid consumption was on the ride? What time did you finish? I drank 14L and finished at 17:45 (Still quite hot on the Tawonga climb). I can't bank fluids like that in the AM it just makes me go....jules21 wrote:it was still quite cool heading up hotham in (or trailing..) the 6.19 bunch. i didn't have a problem with fluid supply, refilling in DP. i find that downing a few glasses of water before starting the ride allows me to 'bank' fluids. it was on the back of falls that i started sweating like an open tap, but there was plenty of water supply stations put on by audax. i could have done that leg with a single bidon, i reckon.
Between Bright and Dinner plain there are no official hydration stops although you could stop and get water at Harrietville. (25km point before the Mt Hotham climb) That is a distance of 67km with about 1,750m of climbing.snark wrote:How far apart are the hydration stops?
Cheers,
Simon.
I had a huge breakfast of porridge and stewed apples, coffee, lots of water. Took 2* 750ml bidons filled with electrolyte and 4 doses of electrolyte all of which I drank. Once I finished the 2nd bidon of electolyte I switched that one to water. I probably drank 10-12 bidons of fluid, plus a gatorade, plus a lemonade and 2 milos. I ate all the food they gave me including about 3 or 4 bananas, salad sandwich, couple of cakes and 2 ricecreams. I ate 2 dried fruit bars and one gel half way up Say What hill. Icavebear2 wrote:Do you know what your total liquid consumption was on the ride? What time did you finish? I drank 14L and finished at 17:45 (Still quite hot on the Tawonga climb). I can't bank fluids like that in the AM it just makes me go....jules21 wrote:it was still quite cool heading up hotham in (or trailing..) the 6.19 bunch. i didn't have a problem with fluid supply, refilling in DP. i find that downing a few glasses of water before starting the ride allows me to 'bank' fluids. it was on the back of falls that i started sweating like an open tap, but there was plenty of water supply stations put on by audax. i could have done that leg with a single bidon, i reckon.