Mt Coot-tha training
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Re: Mt Coot-tha training
Postby Lukeyboy » Tue Mar 11, 2014 9:57 pm
Easy to see why Coottha looks braindead boring to me
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Re: Mt Coot-tha training
Postby singlespeedscott » Tue Mar 11, 2014 11:04 pm
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Re: Mt Coot-tha training
Postby jasonc » Wed Mar 12, 2014 9:53 am
JUST shy of my best time (which I'm currently nowhere near) - it's a good time. nowhere near geoff.Ryanhyltoncummins wrote:Off topic but back on topic I managed a 8:56 up the front last week, I was curious how this stacks up?
https://www.strava.com/activities/117915364" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I don't really know any local names or riders
Not a good morning for me on the mountain.
watch a bloke go for a slip and slide coming down the mountain this morning. He stop just short of a truck coming the other way. So I stopped to make sure he was ok
on the second trip up, a bloke (nickname "wazza") lost his co2 cannister and was breaking so hard he couldn't hear me (think steam train). So I had to stop and pick that up. Gave up after that.
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Re: Mt Coot-tha training
Postby GeoffInBrisbane » Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:00 am
Amazing scenery but something strange seems to have happened to your bike, it's grown knobblies and funny handlebars.Lukeyboy wrote:
Easy to see why Coottha looks braindead boring to me
The thing about Coot Tha is it is amazingly convenient to do a quick climb there before work. Unless you live in your part of town I suppose.
Was lovely up there this morning, and I was feeling good for a change. Under 8:30 for the first time since before Christmas, thenmy best time for a lap. Stoked.
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Re: Mt Coot-tha training
Postby Ryanhyltoncummins » Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:39 am
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Re: Mt Coot-tha training
Postby GeoffInBrisbane » Thu Mar 13, 2014 2:18 pm
It's about a minute faster than me Jase - The Front, not the Back. Looks like a good time to me Ryan, 125 overall seems pretty damn respectable. Now I want to have a crack at it!jasonc wrote:JUST shy of my best time (which I'm currently nowhere near) - it's a good time. nowhere near geoff.Ryanhyltoncummins wrote:Off topic but back on topic I managed a 8:56 up the front last week, I was curious how this stacks up?
https://www.strava.com/activities/117915364" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I don't really know any local names or riders
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Re: Mt Coot-tha training
Postby jasonc » Thu Mar 13, 2014 2:42 pm
oh - the front. my apologiesGeoffInBrisbane wrote:It's about a minute faster than me Jase - The Front, not the Back. Looks like a good time to me Ryan, 125 overall seems pretty damn respectable. Now I want to have a crack at it!jasonc wrote:JUST shy of my best time (which I'm currently nowhere near) - it's a good time. nowhere near geoff.Ryanhyltoncummins wrote:Off topic but back on topic I managed a 8:56 up the front last week, I was curious how this stacks up?
https://www.strava.com/activities/117915364" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I don't really know any local names or riders
that's quicker than me also. wasn't much of anything left in the tank for that time by memory either.
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Re: Mt Coot-tha training
Postby Ryanhyltoncummins » Thu Mar 13, 2014 5:42 pm
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Re: Mt Coot-tha training
Postby Lukeyboy » Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:18 pm
There was some dirt trails not too far away that I thought about hitting up I might have to try and organise a BNA group ride out there. Make the depart time the same time as the train or something if some want to train it to the start.GeoffInBrisbane wrote:Amazing scenery but something strange seems to have happened to your bike, it's grown knobblies and funny handlebars.Lukeyboy wrote:
Easy to see why Coottha looks braindead boring to me
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Re: Mt Coot-tha training
Postby Rxticle » Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:18 pm
Absolutely gorgeous compared to Coot-tha.Lukeyboy wrote:I'm sure I am haha I just find Coottha brain dead boring so I never venture up there or I find myself admiring the quarry/getting distracted. I by far prefer the longer climbs such as Nebo, Glorious, Mt Mee, Maleny, Montville, Tamborine etc. The ones that put a smile on your face, want to grab a few piccies and want you to return time and time again Like heading to the lookout on Mt Mee. It's got a pretty good view to the left and then all the tress and houses get in the way but as soon as you hit that crest at the top bam! Bloody fantastic view overlooking all the way to the ocean. Just breath taking especially early in the morning.
Easy to see why Coottha looks braindead boring to me
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Re: Mt Coot-tha training
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Mt Coot-tha training
Postby singlespeedscott » Tue Mar 18, 2014 1:12 pm
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Re: Mt Coot-tha training
Postby jasonc » Tue Mar 18, 2014 1:32 pm
I took my cousin up there this morning (he's from interstate), and if his garmin didn't fail I'd say he'd be either very close or better than my PB on first attempt.singlespeedscott wrote:Nice one Jason. Especially considering how muggy it was this morning. One day I'll have to make the effort to ride in and give it a go.
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Re: Mt Coot-tha training
Postby GeoffInBrisbane » Wed Mar 19, 2014 9:27 pm
Well done mate. I didn't get up there today, after spending most of Monday oiling the outdoor table and chairs, my hamstrings seized up something chronic. Rode yesterday (and will ride tomorrow) but thought the climb might not be a good idea. Thank goodness I've got massage tomorrow afternoon!jasonc wrote:gave it a crack this morning - 9:30. still off my best but pretty happy with that. A good base to build from. Now my top 10 times are all sub 10 minutes
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Re: Mt Coot-tha training
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Re: Mt Coot-tha training
Postby singlespeedscott » Mon Apr 14, 2014 11:53 am
How was he going?jasonc wrote:talked to a bloke yesterday morning riding up coot-tha on a city-cycle. he was training for the coot-tha challenge
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Re: Mt Coot-tha training
Postby jasonc » Mon Apr 14, 2014 12:20 pm
slower than me. I think he may have been the only cyclist I overtook yesterdaysinglespeedscott wrote:How was he going?jasonc wrote:talked to a bloke yesterday morning riding up coot-tha on a city-cycle. he was training for the coot-tha challenge
he was doing ok
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Re: Mt Coot-tha training
Postby cancan64 » Mon Apr 14, 2014 12:35 pm
I passed him as well..I told him he was keen and asked if he had lost a bet...jasonc wrote:talked to a bloke yesterday morning riding up coot-tha on a city-cycle. he was training for the coot-tha challenge
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Re: Mt Coot-tha training
Postby jasonc » Mon Apr 14, 2014 1:23 pm
That means you probably passed me toocancan64 wrote:I passed him as well..
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Re: Mt Coot-tha training
Postby cancan64 » Mon Apr 14, 2014 1:42 pm
I passed him early on in the climb. I think he was the first or third person that I passed....I said morning to everyone that I went past (or mumbled something in between breathing)jasonc wrote:That means you probably passed me too
On the way down I wasted some time at the lookout, stopped for a photo (Instagram didnt work) and fill up water bottles (tap wasnt working)...then continued down to the T intersection and then rode the front way and I didn't see him again....I did pass a couple walking 3 times (lge islander guy and girl)
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Re: Mt Coot-tha training
Postby jasonc » Mon Apr 14, 2014 1:56 pm
Did you see the girl in the pink "top"?cancan64 wrote:I did pass a couple walking 3 times (lge islander guy and girl)
I use the word top loosely
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Re: Mt Coot-tha training
Postby cancan64 » Mon Apr 14, 2014 2:00 pm
Just made a note to check the video camera tonight..jasonc wrote:Did you see the girl in the pink "top"?
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Re: Mt Coot-tha training
Postby jasonc » Mon Apr 14, 2014 7:01 pm
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Re: Mt Coot-tha training
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