Hello,
My ride report of the IL24TE of 2016.
The IL24TE is the Israeli 24 Hours Timed Event.
It's a set of time trials of 24 hours, 12 hours, or 6 hours.
The official web site is here, and it has additional information to what's written below.
Since I need to support the riders on the official date, I rode the 24 hours time trial exactly 2 weeks before the official start.
Some background:
I was always fascinated by time trialing, especially 24 hours time trials.
I know quite a few who rides them, and also some people who support riders.
Since there was no 24 hours time trial in Israel, I decided to have one. :-)
The route was chosen due to its flatness, so there's a good chance of achieving a good result.
The wind might play a part in the final result, but it's a circular route, so it shouldn't play a too big role.
I rode the course several times in the months leading to this ride.
Either in the morning, or at night. Never in the afternoon.
Never more than 2 laps at a time.
I didn't train in any special way to this ride.
I didn't want "a record," just to enjoy the challenge and the ride.
I decided to ride it "Randonnee Style," with no support, and relying on a fuel station convenience store and some stuff in a car that was parked there.
The bike I used was my do-it-all bike, made of round steel tubes, S&S couplers, and no aerobars. Standard aluminum wheels with 32 spokes each. Similar technology to what Eddy Merckx had in the early 1970's. And, as usual, I rode with sandals.
Before the ride I said that 400 km would be nice, and I'll be very happy if I could ride 500 km in under 24 hours, which is a little more than 18 laps.
In the car there was water (so I wouldn't need to go inside to refill) and some food (bars, and sandwiches.)
Also extra tubes, tools, and a floor pump.
I fitted 3 water bottles of 1 liter each, to minimize the stops.
I didn't add anything to the bike that's not on it in my weekend rides, or a brevet up to and including 300 km.
I arrived about 30 minutes before the official start, which is at 18:00. I bought a sandwich, and ate it leisurely.
I talked with the person there, and he said that between 23:00 and 06:00 you can only buy from the window, asking the person there to fetch whatever you need.
Then I got ready, and rolled to the start. I didn't do any warm up.
I took a picture of the Garmin, and realized that it's time to move, so I started the ride.
There was headwind at the start, but the first section has some descends.
The seconds section is downhill all the way, so I was doing about 35 km/h without pedaling.
The third section is what I feared the most, as it's uphill. But to my amazement, I was riding 31 km/h without any effort.
From what I read (this is actually my first ever time trial. To any distance or time!) I knew that I should Not Start Too Fast, so I feared that I was pushing too much on that third section in the first lap.
But I hardly pedaled, so there was nothing to ease. The tailwind was really good.
The first 3 laps went well, and I was averaging around 27 km/h.
The 4th lap was slower, as the tailwind on the 3rd section was calming down.
I stopped after 4 laps, before 23:00, went into the store, bought a sandwich, ate it at the table, filled water, and went out again, after a little more than 20 minutes.
I also tweeted a pic from the start.
At night I rode another 5 laps in a row, and had to refill my water bottles. I rode them at around 24 km/h.
I stopped for a little more than 5 minutes, and went on to the 10th lap.
I finished the 10th lap at 05:45, and decided I'd wait till the store opens and I could wash myself, as first light has started.
I knew I was on schedule for 500 km, as I rode 10 laps in under 12 hours, and only needed 9 more laps and a bit.
So I decided to sleep for 30 minutes, which I did.
When I woke up at 06:15 it was light, and I went into the store for coffee and a morning pastry.
For the 9 remaining laps I decided I'd split them into 4, 3, and 2.
But then I thought that if I was going to stop twice, then maybe it would be better to split them into 3, 3, and 3. Which I did.
Around noon the wind changed, and I was again enjoying it on the 3 section.
Every time I stopped I went into the store to wash up and buy something to eat and drink, and stop for a little more than 20 minutes.
After I finished the 18 laps I continued without stopping until the 1st intersection at Maun, where a marshal would be during the official ride, and stopped.
Took some pictures, and rode back to the start/finish.
Officially, I stopped after 22:50 hours and 505.1 km. I was happy.
My ride time was about 20:36 hours, so off the bike I was about 2:15 hours.
Good luck to all the other riders in the IL24TE on the official date!
Tal.
My ride report of the IL24TE of 2016.
The IL24TE is the Israeli 24 Hours Timed Event.
It's a set of time trials of 24 hours, 12 hours, or 6 hours.
The official web site is here, and it has additional information to what's written below.
Since I need to support the riders on the official date, I rode the 24 hours time trial exactly 2 weeks before the official start.
Some background:
I was always fascinated by time trialing, especially 24 hours time trials.
I know quite a few who rides them, and also some people who support riders.
Since there was no 24 hours time trial in Israel, I decided to have one. :-)
The route was chosen due to its flatness, so there's a good chance of achieving a good result.
The wind might play a part in the final result, but it's a circular route, so it shouldn't play a too big role.
I rode the course several times in the months leading to this ride.
Either in the morning, or at night. Never in the afternoon.
Never more than 2 laps at a time.
I didn't train in any special way to this ride.
I didn't want "a record," just to enjoy the challenge and the ride.
I decided to ride it "Randonnee Style," with no support, and relying on a fuel station convenience store and some stuff in a car that was parked there.
The bike I used was my do-it-all bike, made of round steel tubes, S&S couplers, and no aerobars. Standard aluminum wheels with 32 spokes each. Similar technology to what Eddy Merckx had in the early 1970's. And, as usual, I rode with sandals.
Before the ride I said that 400 km would be nice, and I'll be very happy if I could ride 500 km in under 24 hours, which is a little more than 18 laps.
In the car there was water (so I wouldn't need to go inside to refill) and some food (bars, and sandwiches.)
Also extra tubes, tools, and a floor pump.
I fitted 3 water bottles of 1 liter each, to minimize the stops.
I didn't add anything to the bike that's not on it in my weekend rides, or a brevet up to and including 300 km.
I arrived about 30 minutes before the official start, which is at 18:00. I bought a sandwich, and ate it leisurely.
I talked with the person there, and he said that between 23:00 and 06:00 you can only buy from the window, asking the person there to fetch whatever you need.
Then I got ready, and rolled to the start. I didn't do any warm up.
I took a picture of the Garmin, and realized that it's time to move, so I started the ride.
There was headwind at the start, but the first section has some descends.
The seconds section is downhill all the way, so I was doing about 35 km/h without pedaling.
The third section is what I feared the most, as it's uphill. But to my amazement, I was riding 31 km/h without any effort.
From what I read (this is actually my first ever time trial. To any distance or time!) I knew that I should Not Start Too Fast, so I feared that I was pushing too much on that third section in the first lap.
But I hardly pedaled, so there was nothing to ease. The tailwind was really good.
The first 3 laps went well, and I was averaging around 27 km/h.
The 4th lap was slower, as the tailwind on the 3rd section was calming down.
I stopped after 4 laps, before 23:00, went into the store, bought a sandwich, ate it at the table, filled water, and went out again, after a little more than 20 minutes.
I also tweeted a pic from the start.
At night I rode another 5 laps in a row, and had to refill my water bottles. I rode them at around 24 km/h.
I stopped for a little more than 5 minutes, and went on to the 10th lap.
I finished the 10th lap at 05:45, and decided I'd wait till the store opens and I could wash myself, as first light has started.
I knew I was on schedule for 500 km, as I rode 10 laps in under 12 hours, and only needed 9 more laps and a bit.
So I decided to sleep for 30 minutes, which I did.
When I woke up at 06:15 it was light, and I went into the store for coffee and a morning pastry.
For the 9 remaining laps I decided I'd split them into 4, 3, and 2.
But then I thought that if I was going to stop twice, then maybe it would be better to split them into 3, 3, and 3. Which I did.
Around noon the wind changed, and I was again enjoying it on the 3 section.
Every time I stopped I went into the store to wash up and buy something to eat and drink, and stop for a little more than 20 minutes.
After I finished the 18 laps I continued without stopping until the 1st intersection at Maun, where a marshal would be during the official ride, and stopped.
Took some pictures, and rode back to the start/finish.
Officially, I stopped after 22:50 hours and 505.1 km. I was happy.
My ride time was about 20:36 hours, so off the bike I was about 2:15 hours.
Good luck to all the other riders in the IL24TE on the official date!
Tal.
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