Yeah, well here's a result.... the Aussie ladies football team (The Matildas) just went down 4-2 to Sweden 

No waltzing for them tonight, then

Quote from: Newportnobby on July 24, 2021, 09:55:17 AM

Quote from: Bealman on July 24, 2021, 06:08:42 AM
Hope you're watching the cycling, @Newportnobby Mick! They're close to Mount Fuji as I type this.

@Bealman I've been up since 03.30 local time to watch an awesome race in pretty grim conditions (33 degC and 80% humidity).

I hope they took lots of beverages with them. I pootled out for about 100km or so on the Squidcycle today and consumed about 6 or 7 litres, most of which I can only assume evaporated from the skin. At least it was partially cloudy, which made it a lot more bearable.

By mild coincidence I only found out this morning that my usual route partially overlapped with the start section of the Olympic one, so fortunately I was able to avoid the area completely otherwise you might have seen me, hah.

Quote from: Newportnobby on July 24, 2021, 09:55:17 AM
It was, however, interrupted by some rather poor rowing by the British means and ladies 8s

I imagine this would have been a bit of a surprise for the poor cyclists.

Quote from: railsquid on July 24, 2021, 11:59:02 AM

Quote from: Newportnobby on July 24, 2021, 09:55:17 AM

Quote from: Bealman on July 24, 2021, 06:08:42 AM
Hope you're watching the cycling, @Newportnobby Mick! They're close to Mount Fuji as I type this.

@Bealman I've been up since 03.30 local time to watch an awesome race in pretty grim conditions (33 degC and 80% humidity).

I hope they took lots of beverages with them. I pootled out for about 100km or so on the Squidcycle today and consumed about 6 or 7 litres, most of which I can only assume evaporated from the skin. At least it was partially cloudy, which made it a lot more bearable.

By mild coincidence I only found out this morning that my usual route partially overlapped with the start section of the Olympic one, so fortunately I was able to avoid the area completely otherwise you might have seen me, hah.

Quote from: Newportnobby on July 24, 2021, 09:55:17 AM
It was, however, interrupted by some rather poor rowing by the British means and ladies 8s

I imagine this would have been a bit of a surprise for the poor cyclists.

They were rowing in what had evaporated from your skin, Squiddy
The cycle race was well provisioned regarding drinks from both motorbikes and stewards at roadsides

How

Quote from: railsquid on July 24, 2021, 11:59:02 AM
I hope they took lots of beverages with them. I pootled out for about 100km or so on the Squidcycle today and consumed about 6 or 7 litres, most of which I can only assume evaporated from the skin. At least it was partially cloudy, which made it a lot more bearable.

That's 12+ bottles, how the hell did you manage that?!

Quote from: njee20 on July 24, 2021, 12:41:19 PM
How

Quote from: railsquid on July 24, 2021, 11:59:02 AM
I hope they took lots of beverages with them. I pootled out for about 100km or so on the Squidcycle today and consumed about 6 or 7 litres, most of which I can only assume evaporated from the skin. At least it was partially cloudy, which made it a lot more bearable.

That's 12+ bottles, how the hell did you manage that?!

Fairly straightforward process:
- open bottle top
- open mouth, tip head backwards
- place bottle to mouth, imbibe

Repeat as often as necessary to avoid heat stroke. 

In other news, Typhoon Number 8 has been declared and is helpfully heading straight to the Tokyo area, scheduled to arrive around Tuesday.

Quote from: Newportnobby on July 24, 2021, 09:55:17 AM
I've been up since 03.30 local time to watch an awesome race in pretty grim conditions (33 degC and 80% humidity).

Is the new conservatory that good Mick? 

 

Quote from: railsquid on July 24, 2021, 01:11:40 PM
Fairly straightforward process:
- open bottle top
- open mouth, tip head backwards
- place bottle to mouth, imbibe

Repeat as often as necessary to avoid heat stroke. 

Alright then... how are you carrying 7 litres of water?! That would surely necessitate 5-6 stops to refill. Unless you're using a monster hydration pack, which itself sounds hideous!

Typhoon hit mountain biking then potentially. Given the somewhat treacherous course it could be a very interesting race. Strong medal prospect for GB in Tom Pidcock.

Quote from: njee20 on July 24, 2021, 01:28:32 PM

Quote from: railsquid on July 24, 2021, 01:11:40 PM
Fairly straightforward process:
- open bottle top
- open mouth, tip head backwards
- place bottle to mouth, imbibe

Repeat as often as necessary to avoid heat stroke. 

Alright then... how are you carrying 7 litres of water?! That would surely necessitate 5-6 stops to refill. Unless you're using a monster hydration pack, which itself sounds hideous!

I started off with a 2L refillable bottle and a 0.5 litre insulated flask, and because this is Japan you are never far from a vending machine, here conveniently situated not far from the crest of the highest pass I wheezed up:

Very cool. Here you'd have to hope your bike didn't get nicked while you dashed into a petrol station 

Quote from: njee20 on July 24, 2021, 02:04:59 PM
Very cool. Here you'd have to hope your bike didn't get nicked while you dashed into a petrol station 

Probably unheard of in Japan as they have respect for each other.

Just checked the schedule and it's really cycling week next week (although womens road race tomorrow) with time trials and BMX races.
First week August all the track cycling races which is a must see for me

Track and field athletics (inc. marathon) 30th July-8th August

https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/all-sports/olympic-schedule.htm

Just wondering if look-at-me-everyone Meghan Rapinoe has an opinion on why the women's road race is 100km shorter than the men's, but the medals are the same size? I'm sure she's got an opinion, she's got one for everything else.

Who's Meghan Rapinoe?