HT550 2023

[Lazarus]

angus about to finish and no update from Cattrysse Manu for 23 minutes

[Alexinthepeaks]

They must have finished by now! Whos won!?

[Lazarus]

Its like having dial up internet

[Bearlegged]

I just got excited when I found a traffic webcam in Tyndrum.
Then got disappointed when I saw it's not a live feed, and it only gets updated every 15 minutes.

[Alexinthepeaks]

Angus has it - https://www.instagram.com/manucattrysse/
Manu has a puncture!!!!!!

[voodoo_simon]

Cattrysse has gone dark ..dammit..no updates for last 20 minutes

Just updated and he’s in the same place

[Lazarus]

Angus has it - https://www.instagram.com/manucattrysse/
Manu has a puncture!!!!!!

would be harsh to lose a 550 race with a puncture with 5 to go -not that i can see the instagram link as i dont do it so dont think you can open them

[elliptic]

Looked like Angus prolly had it anyway but what a final twist

[Hyppy]

dont do it so dont think you can open them

I don't either but you can open a post 'in a new tab' (on a computer rather than a phone at least) to see it: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs3u6o-gh1l/?img_index=1

[UnderTheRadars]

3 days 7 hours 25 mins for Angus to win!

[Bearlegged]

Stopped time 5h40m???

[Lazarus]

^^^its incredible levels of human endurance. No idea how they function on so little sleep or stop time

I don't either but you can open a post 'in a new tab'

Meta does not like my [automatic] non acceptance of their tracking and wont let me see a thing
plenty of websites are the same as they want to track your every move across the interweb [ x files music ]

[elliptic]

Meanwhile Annie Le has reappeared at Kinlochewe - her tracker hadn't pinged since last night on the coffin road.

[whitestone]

Just drove past Christophe Dijkstrans about to do that little bit of singletrack by the shore of Loch Lochy

Waiting by the canal for him

And apart from nearly getting taken out by a numpty in a campervan he flew through

[slarge]

3 days 7 hours 25 mins for Angus to win!

He'll be kicking himself for sleeping. Could have got close to sub 3 days otherwise

[touch]

I wonder what Tom Hall is doing at poolewe? Just a navigation error?
The section where he left the route is really good gravel estate road so I can't imagine he's trying to find an easy escape route. It doesn't look like the way he went is any quicker to get him into Poolewe either.
I'm pretty sure that path he's on hasn't ever been used by the HT so it's not like he's using the wrong gpx.


edit: ahh, looks like he has scratched. :(

[whitestone]

Cath is doing an effective ITT! I don’t think she’s seen another rider since around Cannich

Hopefully she doesn’t stop at Suileag bothy which was partly her intent but gets the Ledmore Traverse done then it’s road and easy tracks to the schoolhouse bothy but it may be midnight or later before she gets there

[Lazarus]

Been watching her dot she is making excellent progress...very different weather for this one

[whitestone]

Been watching her dot she is making excellent progress...very different weather for this one

My main concern is that she tends not to drink enough water/fluids and in this heat that becomes a problem.

If she does get to the schoolhouse bothy and then into Ullapool early then she’s just a day behind the likes of Phil Clarke and Alan G. I think it just looks bad because she’s on her own but at the moment she’s looking at around a seven day finish.

She’s also looking at 80 mile days which is fine for the route north but Fisherfield is hard going and might knock her confidence as that’s the major section that she’s not done before. Once she gets to Achnashellach after the Torridon descent she’s on known territory as we’ve toured most of it at least once

[Lazarus]

I think it looks seriously impressive , all of them do and she will be fine.
Not many cyclists could complete that route* [ either fitness or technical] and anyone who can do it is a true hero in my eyes , she is still moving and she will finish.
Also dont forget many of the others are either the fastest riders on the planet or no slouches themselves, almost everyone rider would look bad next to their times.

* its on my to do list and a completion will make me happy.

[Hyppy]

For what it's worth, here's a write up of my attempt: https://cycling.hypertelia.com/highland ... ace-report

[redefined_cycles]

For what it's worth, here's a write up of my attempt: https://cycling.hypertelia.com/highland ... ace-report

Ooh, thanks Hyppy (and congrats). Will read that shortly

[boxelder]

Sofiane will be third.

- commentators curse Hope he's just sleeping.

[psling]

Good write-up that Hyppy, I was actually wincing with your pain!
Roll on next year's group start, eh?!

[Bearbonesnorm]

I'm sure Cath will be fine Bob. She's as hard as anyone I've met.