Ok, so I just saw Toy Story 3 with the kids and 'Death by monkeys' was a line that sums up IT project culture. Anyhoo, I finally got around to starting a project I've been meaning to do for a long time. Namely, a ride browser.
Ultimately, I'd like to use it as a way of sorting / searching and navigating through my ride history. Selectable columns, sort by etc. But for now all I've got is a big spreadsheet view... but it is a start... and lets face it, if you're used to WKO+ its finished already ;-)
Got my mojo back for riding too, so should be posting about (shock horror) bike riding rather than coding over the coming months. I'm currently trying to get a place on the Maratona dles Dolomites next July... if anyone reading can help me with this or has any tips on getting a place then shout, I'd be eternally grateful (another To Story line).
Later.
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Really pleased you are re-invigorated and have starting training again Mark, great news, and just in time for the bad weather! I'll be going back into 100% indoor mode at the end of September :-)
Hey Mark, I just remembered you writing this after La Marmotte: "It took me 11:09. I may have finished La Marmotte but in return La Marmotte finished me. I won’t be entering another epic european mountainous sportive in this lifetime"
What's that you are now entering, Maratona dles Dolomites? Sounds awfully like another epic european mountainous sportive to me ;-)
Great stuff I say, you can't keep a good man down! Q
Good point. I said pretty much the same thing after Etape du Tour in 2007 too.
I *need* a goal to train for. And if it isn't challenging enough I won't bother training.
Its almost as if the goal isn't the important part it is the training and working towards a goal.
When the goal has been completed I am kind of lost. And if my result doesn't agree with my expectation then I question the whole process.
this time, its about the training not the goal. But I need a goal to do the training. The positive outcome is me being healthy, fit and thin (!) not my time over the mountains.
Hope that makes some kind of sense!
Hi Mark,
For Maratona dles Dolomiti, one of the easiest ways in is to go via Cycling Weekly - they have a bunch of guaranteed places.
I've yet to make up my mind - Maratona, Marco Pantani and Gran Fondo Sportful are all looking like good rides, within a few weeks of each other.
Cheers,
Darren
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