Your "so close but..." achievement fails
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What do I mean?
I started cycling about 3 months ago, I'm trying to build up and took my Carrera Subway hybrid around a nice little 12 mile route which is quite up and down, mostly forestry gravel/dirt track. I'm trying to top a 14mph average speed using my Garmin Forerunner GPS HRM. I'm making good progress but spot my way blocked by a gaggle of students so stop briefly, pause the HRM and sneak a quick gulp of water. A minute later, blockage cleared and I start off again. Feeling good, all going well, big effort at the end and look forward to plugging into the laptop to have a gander at my time/average speed.
But I forgot to restart my Garmin after the stop.
Feck.
I've done the same thing (sort of, forgot to charge the HRM properly and it ran out of battery) when I tried to break the 50 min barrier when training for a 10k.
Complete and utter no-brained spaztardery.
Has anyone else done something similar where it felt like you were achieving a goal, only to find you had no measure?
I started cycling about 3 months ago, I'm trying to build up and took my Carrera Subway hybrid around a nice little 12 mile route which is quite up and down, mostly forestry gravel/dirt track. I'm trying to top a 14mph average speed using my Garmin Forerunner GPS HRM. I'm making good progress but spot my way blocked by a gaggle of students so stop briefly, pause the HRM and sneak a quick gulp of water. A minute later, blockage cleared and I start off again. Feeling good, all going well, big effort at the end and look forward to plugging into the laptop to have a gander at my time/average speed.
But I forgot to restart my Garmin after the stop.
Feck.
I've done the same thing (sort of, forgot to charge the HRM properly and it ran out of battery) when I tried to break the 50 min barrier when training for a 10k.
Complete and utter no-brained spaztardery.
Has anyone else done something similar where it felt like you were achieving a goal, only to find you had no measure?
captainzep said:
What do I mean?
I started cycling about 3 months ago, I'm trying to build up and took my Carrera Subway hybrid around a nice little 12 mile route which is quite up and down, mostly forestry gravel/dirt track. I'm trying to top a 14mph average speed using my Garmin Forerunner GPS HRM. I'm making good progress but spot my way blocked by a gaggle of students so stop briefly, pause the HRM and sneak a quick gulp of water. A minute later, blockage cleared and I start off again. Feeling good, all going well, big effort at the end and look forward to plugging into the laptop to have a gander at my time/average speed.
But I forgot to restart my Garmin after the stop.
Feck.
I've done the same thing (sort of, forgot to charge the HRM properly and it ran out of battery) when I tried to break the 50 min barrier when training for a 10k.
Complete and utter no-brained spaztardery.
Has anyone else done something similar where it felt like you were achieving a goal, only to find you had no measure?
You won't win the Battle Of Britain with admin like that!I started cycling about 3 months ago, I'm trying to build up and took my Carrera Subway hybrid around a nice little 12 mile route which is quite up and down, mostly forestry gravel/dirt track. I'm trying to top a 14mph average speed using my Garmin Forerunner GPS HRM. I'm making good progress but spot my way blocked by a gaggle of students so stop briefly, pause the HRM and sneak a quick gulp of water. A minute later, blockage cleared and I start off again. Feeling good, all going well, big effort at the end and look forward to plugging into the laptop to have a gander at my time/average speed.
But I forgot to restart my Garmin after the stop.
Feck.
I've done the same thing (sort of, forgot to charge the HRM properly and it ran out of battery) when I tried to break the 50 min barrier when training for a 10k.
Complete and utter no-brained spaztardery.
Has anyone else done something similar where it felt like you were achieving a goal, only to find you had no measure?
Oh well done. Thats pure comedy gold there. 
harry010 said:
if it's no-brained spaztardery you want then I tried so hard at the start of my first race in a single scull I pulled one stroke and capsized... oh well, live and learn 
seen it happen so many times!Most impressive rowing spaztardery though goes to a girls crew at Peterborough one year who managed to capsize a four!
KaraK said:
harry010 said:
if it's no-brained spaztardery you want then I tried so hard at the start of my first race in a single scull I pulled one stroke and capsized... oh well, live and learn
seen it happen so many times!Most impressive rowing spaztardery though goes to a girls crew at Peterborough one year who managed to capsize a four!
snotrag said:
KaraK said:
harry010 said:
if it's no-brained spaztardery you want then I tried so hard at the start of my first race in a single scull I pulled one stroke and capsized... oh well, live and learn
seen it happen so many times!Most impressive rowing spaztardery though goes to a girls crew at Peterborough one year who managed to capsize a four!
snotrag said:
KaraK said:
harry010 said:
if it's no-brained spaztardery you want then I tried so hard at the start of my first race in a single scull I pulled one stroke and capsized... oh well, live and learn
seen it happen so many times!Most impressive rowing spaztardery though goes to a girls crew at Peterborough one year who managed to capsize a four!
ked if I was wasting that much of an entry fee so raced the next day on my hardtail. Thats possibly glory from defeat though, I wouldnt have won on my Super8 but not being in the slowest 10 in senior despite riding a hardtail was a win in my book.
BliarOut said:
Dived in the school pool in a 50M race, left my trunks at the point of entry 
I was hoping this thread would make me feel better about my original stupidness -but now you've just reminded me of something.Back at school we were all lined up by the side of the pool. We had to dive in and do a width, (but I didn't really know how to dive). Conscious of avoiding an ugly and painful belly flop, I really tried to follow a diver's arc and force my head in first, -vertically. Slicing into the water (eys closed) I was amazed. As I opened my eyes, the side of the pool was barely a couple of yards away through my steamy goggles. Fantabulous dive! -I thought, but it gradually dawned on me that I had actually somersaulted into the pool and was making frantic headway towards the side I had dived in from, whilst my peers were nearly home, travelling in the opposite direction...
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