The Wahooligan Tour STAGE 1: The Sufferfest - Cash Register + Revolver

Challenges and Achievements The Wahooligan Tour
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No Fluffy, but this is a recent Zw*** thing:

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All in a dayā€™s work!

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So glad that so many people enjoyed this retrospective on the 7-Eleven team. if you can, please let GCN that you want to see moreā€¦we left a bunch of stories on the cutting room floor and many of the guys were not interviewed yet!

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Which is all anyone of us can ever do! Way to go and get after it!!! Love the pic!!

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Thank you very much for the recognition Sir.

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Well that was fun! Enough sprinting for today!

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Stage 1 done. Hours ago just didnā€™t have the energy to post. Thankfully I performed better in each than previous effort. Especially so since last time I did Revolver it was not after Cash Register and at a lower level. Hey, maybe thereā€™s something to this training idea. :grin: Thanks to my better half for encouraging me.

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Aww, youā€™re welcome. Anytime.

Ohā€¦

:grimacing:

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Stage 1 is done. Itā€™s tough being on the west coast of the US and seeing everyone finishing way earlier!

Very happy I did HM yesterday, as my 4DP now reflects a month of not riding while on vacation!

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Sometimes it works in your favor.

:grimacing:

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Oh darn, I knew I missed am important step before the tour started! Well done to you.

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Revolver after Cash Register was TOUGH. I was gassedā€¦

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Can always start a day early as I do.
I do it to have a day off so I can do a pub run on Wednesday.

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Looking badass @AlexStieda !

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Welcome to the madhouse!! Looks like you have been for a swim and not a bike ride!! Well done, that was a tough start to the Tour!!

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Yeah doing those two back to back was tough. Itā€™s when you begin Revolver realising your shirt is already soaked through, and youā€™ve already had damn good thrashing fromCash Reg, but there are still 15 (ahem) nasties heading for youā€¦

Well done everyone whoā€™s gotten through it so far! Vive la Tour. :fist:

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yep. You dun it right. Tour faces are THE BEST!! Well suffered!

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Note to self, donā€™t ever do the Full Monty the day before Cash Register and Revolver againā€¦
Oh the agony :scream: :tired_face:

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So,
Lesson 1: if one has a 50hr window, be wise and donā€™t use it to the limits for Stage 1, which I did do sadly enough, completing it just in time. @Rupert has already announced Stage 3, so thereā€™s that. Iā€™m late to the party!

How it went:
Spiral of death during cash register had me tone the metrics down a bit. However, I came back strong during Revolver, where I actually increased intensity twice throughout (yes, the session was also toned down from the start,ā€¦ details details).
Calves are hurting, ā€¦ which is a good thing (Grunter is always watching so better keep good form).

Lesson 2: 750ml of water (Tears of Agony) is not sufficient during this weather. Keep 3 bottles in total on the side for each session.

Forecast:
Iā€™m tempted to either do Attacker already this evening, or keep it for tomorrow 5:30AM and do ā€œNo Place like Homeā€ before Attacker.
I can also do NPLH + Attacker tonight though; food for thought.

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I hope that - in good Sufferlandrian spirit - your values had increased prior to TWT start. Glorious new suffering ahead!

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