Thanks, did the KoS on Friday. Started at 70% and was considering going up in intensity at a later stage but just couldn’t once I was a few videos in. Violator at the end worked well, I didn’t think 1 min FTP efforts would hurt so much!
I changed my list a little beforehand, I dropped the best thing in the world and included the new video, attacker, in no. 5. That worked great, having something fresh to enjoy. Some great voice acting in there 
I think to earn the Dude of Sufferlandia title you just need a photo of a trainer mat that really ties the room together.
Forgot to update, 29th went ahead and proud to say I did it! Longest 10 hours of my life! I ended up with this order (following a bit of excellent advice on the KoS Planning facebook group):
Do As You’re Told (80%)
Thin Air (80%)
Who Dares (80%)
Power Station (80%)
Team Scream (80%)
There is no Try (80%)
G.O.A.T (80%)
A Very Dark Place (70% MAP, 80% the rest) - wondering whether this was all a mistake at this point
The Bat (70%) - Pain, Misery, Agony
Butter (70% until the last interval when I cranked it up to 95%) - Honour, Glory, Victory!
A ridiculous thing to do, but what a feeling of accomplishment and a good wedge of cash raised for a charity close to my heart. Kudos to anyone who’s done it more than once!
@Corrick Fantastic! Well done!
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Well done mate. I’ve got this to look forward too on the 20th of December 
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Finishing off FTP building blocks right now and then into the KoS training plan. Can’t wait 
I’m liking this list. Contemplating doing the quest but never sure which ones to do. Climbing is my forte.
Tomorrow I will have exactly one week remaining until my KOS attempt. I was considering throwing Blender into the mix, but my wife is already unhappy with the time it’s going to take me to finish, so every video on my playlist is 1 hour or less. Thin Air at exactly 1 hour is my longest.
|1|The Bat|0:59:51|
|2|Nine Hammers|0:58:22|
|3|Angels|0:55:16|
|4|Butter|0:58:14|
|5|Fight Club|0:55:52|
|6|The Wretched|0:46:31|
|7|The Trick|0:59:10|
|8|Thin Air|1:00:15|
|9|The Omnium|0:47:36|
|10|Defender|0:59:11|
As much as I prefer Climbing and Endurance video, I’ve decided that a good playlist needs a good mix of different types of workout to ensure you get a reasonable amount of recovery. Thin Air is one of my favorites, but it’s basically a long 40 minute climb. So since it’s in the back half of my list I’ve bracketed it with workouts with shorter efforts. However, I have Nine Hammers as #2 followed by Angels at #3, so we’ll see how I feel going into Butter at #4 which should in theory give me intermittent rests if I’m doing it at 80%. Will be interesting to see how I feel on event day.
Any Knights out there have some playlist strategy they want to share?
Hi everyone,
I wanted to do the knighthood for my birthday in October this year. Then I got ill and had to postpone. I was feeling better and two weeks into my newly scheduled training plan. Yesterday I started with Butter and Blender and I was feeling so good, I thought, maybe I should just do it 
so in my first 10 Min break I quickly grabbed a bit more nutrition for me and my crew and just went into my preferred videos instead of following the trainingsplan. And incredibly my legs and my mind carried me through it. About 11,5h hours later I finished and am know very proud (and just a little tired and sore 
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My videos were Butter and Blender (Buttery Pain Shakes for breakfast yum), then Fight Club (to lose those yak butter calories), There Is No Try, The Bat, Thin Air, Defender, Power Station, GOAT (I definitely was saying no to comfort at this time 
) and to finish I visited my favourite Dark Places. I will indeed return to them but not today. I started at 85% and had to turn down to 80% for the second, 75% after the third, 70% after the sixth and 65% for the last video.
This spontaneous quest had some advantages (my pain cave is in the garden tool shed and I was hoping for good weather): sunshine, less fear and anticipation, a lot of fun improvising and fewer questions from couchlandrians as to why I was doing this.
Congrats, sounds like an awesome day! And we get to add another member to the Spontaneous Knighthood club 
Wow, fantastic! Excellent work! That’s a nice productive day. Well done.
Evan an I will approach the Gates of the Knighthood on the same day at opposite sides of the globe.
Here is the playlist I came up with for me. I put the “Omnium” in the last spot because it’s my personal Nemesis. The sheer thought of doing it after all the hard work before will keep me on the edge for the day (hopefully - or just freak me out completely).
Evan is raising money for CurePSP and I support him with that. I’m pretty sure any donation will help the both of us to fullfil the quest (and will help me to face The Omnium in the end with confidence).
Wow, Power Station AND G.O.A.T.? lol. I had considered G.O.A.T. in my list for a while, but my legs get super tired after all the low cadence work and minimal recovery. Looks like you’re definitely looking to ensure you suffer! 
Looks like a great list! I really wanted to add in a couple of extra long videos like ISLAGIATT, Blender, or Cobbler, but I promised my wife I wouldn’t take any longer than I had to. lol. But I have Omnium in my list, as well. Have to put in a least a couple nemesis workouts to ensure that we properly suffer, right?
Looking forward to this weekend, for sure!
So… I’m in video 4/10 on my KOS attempt. But my TICKR wasn’t connecting at the beginning of my third video. I stopped the video and restarted it and got it connecting, but it looks like that fiddling and restart put me at maybe 10 minutes and 30 seconds between videos 2 & 3. Looks like my TICKR got nine hammered. Ugh. Guess I need to do 12 then… 
Or will it count anyway because I started and stopped and then restarted? No way am I going to lose out on a stupid technicality, so if I have to do 12, I’ll do 12. Maybe the minions can check the time stamps? But, ugh. It’s Hammer Time!
Edit update: the app and then my computer crashed 28 minutes into video 11, so I guess the first 10 will have to do.
I just wanted to mark today as the day I first considered the madness of a Knighthood Quest, started reading this forum topic, and printed out the requirements to start thinking about my path to glory. It may be a while before I achieve or even attempt this, but we all need goals in these times.
I am in awe of all of you that have achieved this incredible feat! You have my respect, and I hope someday to join you all!
@MikeD I never planned to ever attempt this challenge. But after months of training and joining this forum, i experienced the same thing that you have. And then, I just decided to go do it. Today was the day! And what a glorious day it was.
I’m just finishing up a Speed Demon training plan next week with a view to completing a KoS quest over / just before the Christmas period. I have a background in audax (longer distance rides) and complete a 200k each month, so feel comfortable with the concept, but just fine tuning the plan.
I think that the longer sunday sessions will be a confidence builder, so going to try and hit those on 06/12 (3hrs), 13/12 (6hrs), then go for it on either the 20/12 (10hrs - KoS) or 27/12 (10hrs - KoS).
A few questions:
Sounds like you’ve a good base with the audax behind you so the endurance wouldn’t be an issue for you. As long as you’re doing 1 long day to test your turbo set up, food, kit changes, water etc. I didn’t do it myself, winged it a bit, knew I had a good endurance base and trusted that.
It sounds like you’ve already got the base and endurance. 2 long days in a row mostly just tests your endurance and recovery. But with your experience and base it sounds like that’s taken care of. Seems like you’re ready and could really just take it on at any time and it’s more about your mental preparation than anything else.
Are you familiar with these two documents?
The second reference has a discussion of fueling for the KOS quest.
