UUHOLO blog: November 2008

29 November 2008

Round the Taupo

So we decided to take our sporting a bit more seriously and we registered ourselves onto Round the Taupo [http://www.cyclechallenge.com] last Saturday (29/11), which is sort of non-competitive race around the biggest New Zealand lake, roughly 160km on road. There were also shorter variants on the MTB tracks, that we denied, and also longer options where you can do this circuit twice or four times, which seemed to us "a bit too much for now". At the end the quickest guy doing this category did that (640km!) for something under 24hrs, which is under 6hrs per lap!

Weather was very good, in fact maybe a bit too hot. But finally we have in relaxed tempo (although Jana may disagree with this formulation), did all the 160km in a bit ovet 7.5hrs on our MTBs but with road 1 inch tires. Considering we did not train for this event at all i think it was quite good ;)

You can see the map and some pictures below.

Tak jsme se rozhodli se zapojit vice do sportovna, a zaregistrovali jsme se na Round the Taupo [http://www.cyclechallenge.com] minulou sobotu (29/11), coz je vicmene nesoutezni zavod okolo nejvetsiho Zelandskeho jezera Taupo, bratru 160km po asfaltu. Jeste existovaly kratsi varianty na horskem kole, ktere jsme ale zavrhli a potom delsi varianty, ty ale znamenaly jet to "kolecko" dvakrat nebo ctyrikrat, coz nam pripadlo pro zacatek "trochu vic nez dost". Nakonec ale nejrychlejsi muzik na te nejdelsi trati (640km!) toto ujel za necelych 24 hodin, coz je pod 6h na jedno kolo!

Pocasi nam pralo, bylo mozna az trochu moc horko. Nakonec jsme volnym tempem (i kdyz Janca by mozna s touhle formulaci moc nesouhlasila), projeli celou 160km trat za neco pres 7.5hodiny na nasich horskych kolech, ovsem se slinicnnimi 1 palcovymi plasti. Na to ze jsme na tuto akci nedelali zadny trenink to nebylo myslim vybec spatne.

Dole muzete videt mapku a nejake fotky.

Map of the race|Mapa zavodu

Bike storage|Uschova kol

Start

Getting closer to Tongariro volcanos|Blizime se k Tongariro sopkam

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8 November 2008

Wild Wellington Mountain Bike Relay

Shortly after our return from South America Jana had working weekend and I was thinking what to do. Choosing between one day volleybal tournament in Palmerston (2hrs drive from here) or bike race in Wellington, and you can guess what I've finally decided for.

Wild Wellington Mountain Bike Relay [http://www.wildwellington.co.nz/site/wild_wellington_relay/] is MTB relay race on hilly circuit in Wellington park, that goes even for 6 or 12 hours. We went for the 12 hrs option, staring at 10am and finishing just at 10pm, so the last rides were with lights at night. There was eight of us so we formed two teams of four and because none of our employers was willing to support us, we accepted kind offer from children charity [www.savethechildren.org.nz] and we represented them in their red shirts ...

Results were not bad, we didn't finished in the very bottom, but most of all it was great fun ;)

Kratce po tom co jsme se vratili z Jizni Ameriky Janca mela pracovni vikend and ja jesm premyslel co budu delat ja. Mel jsem na vyber mezi jednodennim volejbalovym turnajem v Palmerston North (2 hodiny autem odsud) anebo zavod na horskych kolech, tak muzete hadat pro co jsem se rozhodl.

Wild Wellington Mountain Bike Relay [http://www.wildwellington.co.nz/site/wild_wellington_relay/] je stafetovy zavod horskych kol na kopcovatem okruhu ve Wellingtonskem parku, ktery se jede 5 nebo 12 hodin. Vybrali jsme si 12-ti hodinovou variantu, ktera startovala v 10 rano a koncila v 10 vecer, takze poslednich par kol se jelo se svetly v noci. Bylo nas osm, tak jsme zformovali 2 tymy po ctyrech a protoze zadny z nasich zamestnavatelu nebyl ochoten nas podporit, prijali jsme nabidku detske charity [www.savethechildren.org.nz] a tak jsme v cervenych trickach reprezentovali je...

Vysledky nebyly nejhorsi, skoncili jsme dostatecne daleko od konce tabulky, ale hlavne to byla docela dobra zabava ;)