Carried over from last year
Got our block leave and nothing more…
Leave and Toil I’m owed 20 weeks at a two day week ratio
Just worked it out it’s 18 weeks…
There’s so many staff in on overtime now, there was none a month ago, I’ll probably get them too!
Expect the unexpected. Fail to plan, plan to fail. If it ain’t raining it ain’t training. Plans are nothing, planning is everything. Adapt improvise overcome.
etc.
I cancelled my holidays to America this morning and I’ve got 30.5 to take before September in theory.
That’s a lot of f***ing decorating 
I know, I know!
I took all of my wet/spring/autumn weather gear to Outlaw 2019 (Castelli ROS) and survived.
Seeing as I drove up, I should’ve thrown a few extra items in and made the decision once in the car park…but didn’t want to get up to the tops and be sweating like a pig in an abattoir (or Covid-19 victim in self-isolation? Too soon?)
I was 50 seconds faster today (1:59:11 vs 2:00:01) but that’s probably a couple of traffic lights being on green, so I could carry speed through.
@Mungo2 - Signs were still out for your event just gone.
The wind was so strong, I was descending Sheephouse Lane at <40kmh with no brakes!
It’s a pretty easy descent with no parked cars, tourists, cyclists, runners or dog walkers.
I managed to keep off the brakes until the tea rooms (when the junction approaches RAPIDLY!)
The two up or the tour of Lancashire sportive?
If you were only going 40 kph down sheephouse the wind must have been in your face?
I can’t not brake down the first bit, but seem to have mastered the left hand turn at the bottom we’re you fly up the rise if you carry enough speed.
One guy has hit 1:50 for a loop, but he went full disc pointy hat etc and said it was quiet lucky with the lights and went flat out basically.
What sort of power / hr are you holding for a two hour lap?
How much room does a WS gilet take up? 
184W AP, 220W NP, 121bpm (max is ~190bpm)
For a half/70.3, I’d do 230W NP for a HR average of ~155bpm
Yes, the wind was coming up Sheephouse.
121 average …!?
We’re you awake ?
There is loads to come off that …
Yes my target hr is 155 for a half!
2::33/ 2:35 on a fast course
Eh? My AvHR is below 120 on a race-pace Century ride. Commuting by bike is normally ~102!
It’s called having a diesel engine 
FTFY
Mine gets over 120 if I fart too hard
Tampering with my quotes; I should flag you!
Must have the heart of a squirrel 
Brain as well!
He has to eat 3x his bodyweight everyday just to keep going.
Excuse my ignorance here, as i’ve clearly never been there. But why does Sheephouse have such a reputation? I was just looking at @Poet ride, and the steepest bit down the hill only appears to be like 10/11% for half a km or so. Then it flattens for a bit before another 7% or so for 5-600m. Is it much more twisty than it looks on a map? Because that doesn’t seem that bad?!
I compared it to an ‘ok’ hill near me that i rode a lot when training for IMW years ago. It’s smaller in total than Sheephouse (1.5k vs. 3ish) but is steeper overall. I’ve got a really shit bike and i’m not a great rider, but i sit about 236/6079 on the descent leaderboard. I’ve never climbed it in anger, but i languish in 860/3905, so much weaker relatively.
I’m not having a dig, i’m just intrigued as there’s a lot of chat about SH, so wanted to try to get an idea in real life what it’s like, hence comparing it to local hills.
Mines lower this winter…
All those 12 kph hours…
Bike wise … similar
But 121 on a circuit that hilly even at 15 mph is low …
Must have been his new compact and 30 cassette
I’m hoping to hold 142… for 6 hours next month…
If it’s not the end of the world
Not ignorant at all.
I thought the same thing.
There is a cattle grid, which scares people.
It’s wet and shaded with trees and is quite a poor road surface.
People park all the way up it for the reservoir and nice walks, so it’s a nightmare for recces.
There is another side to it, which I believe is “the steep part” at 14%.
On race day (being naive here), I’d expect to fly down Sheep House Lane, with no brakes and carry that speed all the way over the reservoir. At least on the first lap.
Because @Mungo2 gives it one 
(meant 100% best of spirits!)
It’s not that much to go up - It’s reputation as a climb is because of spectator support up there.
But the way it comes down on 2019 and 2020 IM route is pretty rough, has a cattle grid near bottom at high speed, and is fairly narrow for overtaking.
On training days it should be a fairly slow descent because there’s a very mild corner that you don’t need to slow down for on race day, but it’s blind with walls either side so can’t see cars,and a junction at the bottom.
Fair enough, that makes a bit more sense then - cheers.
It’s not terrible but on the third time with a lot of miles and other hills in your legs it gets a bit tough. Especially with a marathon in the back of your mind.