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PipeRock (@PipeRock)
04/04/2013 13:11
@CyclingEdin pls RT:)? WR attempt by @Hoppo347 cycling LE-Jo'G passing W B701 Edinburgh from 4pm today! Live tracking
http://www.teamhoppo.co.uk/live-tracking
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LeJoG record attempter approaching Edinburgh
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Posted 12 years ago #
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Now that's an astonishing effort!
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He's a little off track, his route is up the A701 but the tracker shows he is on the A68 just around Lauder! You'll be certain to catch him at the FRB!
Posted 12 years ago # -
From the road.cc article earlier he's actually doing LEJOGLE.
Because once up the country isn't quite hard enough.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Its only fair after all that up hill to get to come back down again. I always though JOGLE was cheating ;D
Posted 12 years ago # -
Looks like he's aiming for the B701 to get across town (the inner-by-pass of Frogston Road, Redford Road, Drumbrae etc). After that, well he was asking on Twitter what the A90 was like - the responses were obviously sufficiently negative about the cyclepath to make him select an alternative route to the bridge!
Chapeau, anyway.
Posted 12 years ago # -
All 'training' for RAAM '13. That's proper insanity.
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His tracker is measuring his average Speed Over Ground in knots. I like it.
He's about to hit a no-doubt very welcome long downhill down off Soutra on the A68. Weeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Posted 12 years ago # -
he was asking on Twitter what the A90 was like - the responses were obviously sufficiently negative about the cyclepath to make him select an alternative route to the bridge
Indeed, and that would have me worried. Enough people use that route to suggest it's not a danger, and if he's going for a record, what alternative route could he take that won't delay him significantly?
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I suggested going past Cramond Brig on A90, off at the next slip road, then ride Bagshot road to Standingstane road and then left past Queen Elizabeth Yards beofre turning right at the T junction for S Queensferry.
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"Enough people use that route to suggest it's not a danger..."
I'd suspect the type of bike and speed of someone going for a record such as this, together with his likely tiredness level, would dictate he's likely looking for a road route, and not a narrow pavement with driveways and bus shelters and 'cyclists dismount' signs.
I guess Kincardine Bridge looks like it would be a big diversion, but then just straight north?
Posted 12 years ago # -
Hoppo is something else.
Feb 2005: won Sebring 12hr time trial, 249 miles
Mar 2005: LEJoG in 2 days, 10 hrs, 845 miles
Apr 2005: 2nd place Davis 12hr, 242 miles
May 2005: won Austrian 24hrs, 472 miles
Jul 2005: RAAM in 12 days, 3052 milesThen did 369 miles in a 24hr race as a recovery ride, with a busted Achilles tendon.
Steaming along the A701 towards Redford now!
Posted 12 years ago # -
I'm going to sit on the bridge and wave hello from us!!
Posted 12 years ago # -
Big change from original planned route -
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2265845
It's fairly certain he will cross Forth Bridge...
Posted 12 years ago # -
Would be quite good to catch him on the A8 but he's so damn quick that I'd probably be late getting there!
Posted 12 years ago # -
Spotted: DaveC heading for Hoppo rendezvous on forth road bridge.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Come on Hoppo! Not far to go now!
Posted 12 years ago # -
Lejog record was 45 hours last time I looked but LEJOGLE just under six days
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Well I steamed up to thr FRB and waited. And waited... Then I slowly headed off home giving him another 10 mins at the top of the hill in Inverkeithing but sadly I read he got a little lost in Edinburgh and went through after I'd gone...
Posted 12 years ago # -
he got a little lost in Edinburgh
You're not wrong. From looking at his live tracking plots, even accounting for the fact it's only plotting one point every 10 minutes, he must have lost time in Edinburgh, then again on his detour through Kirkliston. That said, he's now in Evanton already!
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Ah, I gave clear instructions for him to turn up Standingstane road before the 2nd railway bridge. I guess he was going too fast for the chase car to pass on instructions...
Posted 12 years ago # -
I usually head along further down the A90 and take the B924, then into Dalmeny, when heading for the bridge. Did you suggest taking a left earlier from the A90 so that he'd stay on proper roads for longer?
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He tweeted that he was going at 55mph with the car not able to keep up? If he is there in two and a half days and he doesn't need any sleep and he can keep going then if wind stays down he should manage it despite getting lost?
Posted 12 years ago # -
If the live tracking's accurate he's not at JOG yet and he's been riding 3 days and 10 hours so unless he can do the return leg in about 48 hours he's not going to break any records.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Ah, I thought he was two and a half days
It is some feat, the young guy who has the record did 350 miles a day
Posted 12 years ago # -
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Chris Hopkinson (@Hoppo347)
05/04/2013 22:17
Arrived John o'groats cause of numerous probs I will be ending my record attempt here.we have learnt lots+its been v good training for RAAM
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Aye I read that lastnnight. The record is 5 days 20 somehting hours so there is still a chance that another crack later in the year or next he could beat it.
Posted 12 years ago # -
He has done RAAM before indeed first official Brit finisher but that was in 2005
Posted 12 years ago # -
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LEJOGLE Record Attempt 2013
by Tim (Speedie) ClarkLand’s End – John o’Groats – Land’s End. Solo
Distance: 1700 miles
Proposed Time: 5 days - 120 hours
Planned Average Speed: 16 mph
On the 23rd June 2013 I will be cycling 1700 miles in an attempt to break the Lands End to John O' Groats and back Guinness World Record which is currently held by Ben Rockett in a time of 141 hours and 8 minutes. Also to raise money for the British Heart Foundation
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Posted 12 years ago # -
Another LEJoGLE attempt started this morning - http://www.teamhoppo.co.uk/live-tracking/
Posted 11 years ago #
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