[andy popp]

Perhaps of esoteric interest to some, Nick Dixon's son Callum did a "double Everest:" - 18,000+ metres of ascent - over the weekend.

Data here: https://www.strava.com/activities/3890413244?utm_source=com.facebook.katana&utm_medium=referral&fbclid=IwAR2e87LEWH9yvvQx3A7jEQ6rKZ0mmmb6_OLst1cvXFYXMfmfid9VEnkhOUE

[Scouse D]

Ooof good effort. I've raced against him, didnt realise he was Nick Dixon's son. He's rapid.

[SA Chris]

Is that the same piece of road 150 or so times?? The metal effort of doing that is more impressive than the physical effort!!

[andy popp]

Is that the same piece of road 150 or so times??

Yes, I believe so.

[steveri]

Boggling.
A mate of mine did his (single!) up a little local hill - something like 250 reps. You may know it Andy, The Rock in Helsby.

[tlr]

There’s a lass trying to Everest Winnats in the next weekend or so.....running!

She reckons about 140km.

I hope she knows a good knee surgeon!

[SA Chris]

Got to be more enjoyable than this

https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-display/showROFundraiserPage?userUrl=KyleGreig&pageUrl=1

[tomtom]

A “Double Everest” sounds like it could be in the urban dictionary (it’s not..) 😃

[dunnyg]

what would it be? i cant quite pin it down. only answers from the official profanesaurus accepted

[SA Chris]

spit roast

[cheque]

Has anyone ever done a “Challenger Deep to Everest”?

[SA Chris]

now that does sound straight from the profanosaurus.

[SA Chris]

not cycling, but a mate did Everest elevation running up and down steepest part of Clachnaben (a local hill) 33 times in 17 1/2 hours.

[aka butters]

what would it be? i cant quite pin it down. only answers from the official profanesaurus accepted

In the sprit of the Profanisaurus:

A lady with an enormous set of Bulgarian Fun Bags? 

NB - must get a new Profanisaurus - essential reading whilst sat on the throne 

[SA Chris]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-56802796

This looks like little or no fun at all. Could have chosen a flatter route...

[dunnyg]

18 hrs a day in the saddle without stopping for the loo. Hope hes got his body trained for 6am dumps, and I wonder how numbers 1s would work...

[Mike Highbury]

18 hrs a day in the saddle without stopping for the loo. Hope hes got his body trained for 6am dumps, and I wonder how numbers 1s would work...

Just in case you do want to know, which you don't, of course, you should be able to go for a wee without getting off your bike. I'm sure that I recall Hinault pissing on Lemond at 50kph when he was explaining the team hierarchy to him; or that's how Lemond tells it.

[SA Chris]

Hope hes got his body trained for 6am dumps

Strong coffee plus 5 mins, works for me.

[lagerstarfish]

He'll be fine - after all, he has done five weeks training

[SA Chris]

JoGLE done.

Swimming this time....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-63305270

(OT but not sure where else to put it).

One to train for Andy P.

[andy popp]

Crikey. Again, I can't imagine the mental effort involved in something like that.

One to train for Andy P.

Yeah, right ...

I am still swimming regularly though, typically a few hundred metres. Temps now reached a delightful 10c.

[SA Chris]

Good man. Must be getting marginal though?

[edshakey]

While we're off topic but still slightly on topic...

https://www.scarpa.co.uk/blog/vertical-marathon/

A month ago Tom Hollins ran a vertical marathon, on Pendle Hill.

[Paul B]

Impressive. I used to live in Chatburn at the foot of Pendle Hill and if anyone's heading up that way might I suggest that's the least enjoyable (busiest) way to the summit. It's much nicer reached from Downham or from Worston.

This guy:
https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/17960132.top-clitheroe-duathlete-still-competing-sport-despite-cancer-battle/

also, seemed to use it for training telling me (during a bike fit where he told me "you're pretty fat for a climber"  ) he used to ride up to the nic'o, shoulder his bike then run to the summit and was having a good season when he'd done that X times before the first race of the year. I can't remember what X was but it wasn't a small number.

[SA Chris]

While we're off topic but still slightly on topic...

https://www.scarpa.co.uk/blog/vertical-marathon/

A month ago Tom Hollins ran a vertical marathon, on Pendle Hill.

Sod that. From the photos looks awkward underfoot too. Give me a springy peat bed any day. As per previous, I think i would struggle more with the mental aspect of the utter tedium of going up and down the same path that many times.

[andy popp]

Must be getting marginal though?

To be honest, it's been fine so far. Obviously I can tell it's fairly cold but it feels perfectly bearable. I think swimming throughout the autumn really has acclimatised me. That said, I don't understand the idea of acclimatising to cold water. It can't really be physiological, can it. Once you're fully warmed back up does your body really retain some adjustment? Acclimatisation to altitude must induce much more physiological change but even that is lost quite quickly when you come back down. Anyway, I hope to eke out a couple more weeks but expect there'll soon be a tipping point where it gets not bearable at all. But enough for now of my puny efforts.

[edshakey]

While we're off topic but still slightly on topic...

https://www.scarpa.co.uk/blog/vertical-marathon/

A month ago Tom Hollins ran a vertical marathon, on Pendle Hill.

Sod that. From the photos looks awkward underfoot too. Give me a springy peat bed any day. As per previous, I think i would struggle more with the mental aspect of the utter tedium of going up and down the same path that many times.

Yep and a fair number of reps were in the wet/wind/fog. Looked pretty miserable.

[remus]

That said, I don't understand the idea of acclimatising to cold water. It can't really be physiological, can it. Once you're fully warmed back up does your body really retain some adjustment?

Im no expert but my uncle is well in to cold water swimming and apparently you do physiologically adjust. As I understand it regular exposure greatly reduces the effect of cold water shock response (which I guess can happen over a relatively short period of time?) and your body also increases subcutaneous fat which keeps you warmer (i guess this takes longer?)

[webbo]

In another life time when I did triathlons. The norm was cold showers and open water swimming with out your wet suit to condition yourself to perform better in cold water.

[SA Chris]

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jul/11/man-with-type-1-diabetes-breaks-record-for-circumnavigating-britain-in-kayak#:~:text=A%2023%2Dyear%2Dold%20with,previous%20record%20by%2027%20days.

Not sure where else this should go, but amazing effort.