2023 Sufferlandrian National Day (Oct 29th)

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It has been 6 years since the last Sufferlandrian National Day - well before my time.

With the Tour going international, a truly Sufferfest style event is needed badly.

So why not organise one for this year?

Let’s pick a date: How about the last Sunday in October: 2023-10-28T23:00:00Z?

It gives us some time to organise the rest and it ties in with the start of the indoor season North :earth_americas: , or the end of it South :earth_asia: .

As for the suffering:

  • @David.McQuillen.KoS could mash up a nice workout from Sufferfest videos since Kitchen Sink,
  • @RGT could create a Mt Sufferlandria :volcano: that would take the average rider 2 to 3 hours to complete (6,666ft at 6% would do the trick),
  • or we could simply ride Kitchen Sink that day. I’d call that the backup plan.

Who’s in?

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Amen! And someone from Wahoo who still knows what they’re doing should plan it. Bring it all back. @David.McQuillen.KoS remembers!

Yeah, Kitchen Sink would work. Though having a Mt Sufferlandria climb might actually get me to try RGT.

:+1:t2::+1:t2::+1:t2:

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Following :slight_smile:

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Sounds like a good plan. I have been missing a lot of SUF things and sadly with the change of the ToS to the God-forsaken-named Tour, it is really shoving everything SUF into the background…

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only if you let it Sir. You can never leave :slight_smile:

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Fortunately, I have returned to Sufferlandria after wandering too far at the borders.
Amen to that :smiley:

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+1 from me :+1::+1: :slight_smile::slight_smile: :+1: :+1:

This is a really good idea. End of October timing should hopefully work for most people

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I’m in.

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yes, yes, yes, and yes!
I really miss our national day so reviving it seems to be more than a good idea.
Mount Sufferlandria, here I come :biking_man:

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KNIGHT GROUP RIDE!

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What a beautiful paceline we would make in our national team kit!

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Tho you might want to edit that to Sirs/Dames. We are all Knights :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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Noted.

To be fair, we jettisoned honorifics over here around 250 years ago, so I’m a little rusty, @DameLisa!

:wink:

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An RGT Mt. Sufferlandria could have the profile of kitchen sink. Recoveries are flat/slightly downhill. Uphill sections are based on how hard each effort is through kitchen sink.

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I’m in! I don’t know where I will be in the world that day (traveling that month), but I will make it work! :partying_face:

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I’m in!

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Nice, and maybe SystooliganX could scale VAM against 4DP so if we’re hitting our targets we all stay together…

Also sounds like you’re secretly saying “why spoil a perfectly good mountain with flat/slightly downhill bits ?” Excellent idea :+1:

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Love it!

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I’m in
Long live Sufferlandria!

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