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[psychlist]

James is fine now, black eye where his mum told him to stop worrying her looked wicked tho (only jokin James). Getting his new riding gear tomorrow, then he's out n about honing his race skills for next year, thats another place down the field for me! Meeting him tomorrow morning for some celebrity snaps with some Fleet Street photographer or summat like that

[AK]

Originally posted by fil2
"Andy is fit .............and why oh why is HE riding why cant you find sum1 that we have an outside chance of catching...


my target is to get inside top 12 if i can

Phil

Fil - Andy will tell you himself, that Snett & Donny will suit the 620's - he reckons some 620's whose riders might have picked up more skills in the last races will be bimbling past on the long straight..........

Mrs snot is still tucked in the corner of the van & hasnt been touched since Als trackday at Mallory (thankyou dear, I s'pose I've got to gether new boots eh?:P )

C

[fil2]

"Fil - Andy will tell you himself, that Snett & Donny will suit the 620's - he reckons some 620's whose riders might have picked up more skills in the last races will be bimbling past on the long straight.........."



100% agree with this..hence why i think snetterton will be the hardest race for Myself and Ali....Rattler Tony Nick etc who are quick riders and have picked up the pace will certainly be in with a shout of top 7..Ali mentioned that a certain 620ie came past him on the long straight like it was an R6..LOL......

but as they say " bring it ".................



Phil


[Edited on 17-6-2005 by fil2]

[AK]

hopefully Fil (fingers xx'd here) both Andy & Mark's best laps have been lap 6/7 or 8 - not right at the beginning on lap 3 or 4

Fitness to the fore eh?

ohh, I said fit!! - dont tell Alan ....

[lizzie]

Originally posted by TP
I don't think anyone is really going to taper off physically, because it's not overly physical work and it's only 30 minutes.

I dunno about that Tony. Andy Ibbott never runs sessions more than 28 minutes long (25 in Spain if you recall) because they've done studies which show that everyone promptly loses concentration and falls off after 28 minutes, which would be entertaining.

So if you (generic 'you', nothing personal Tony) get to 28 minutes and are still in it, might be wise to bear that in mind.

[domski]

I want 60bhp and top 6... I may get 50bhp and top 15

I'm totally unfit, but think I can do 22 or 23 laps at a good pace. At least it's got 2 long straights to rest on

[phoenix n max]

Originally posted by lizzie
everyone promptly loses concentration and falls off after 28 minutes

[NBs996]

Learning the track shouldn't be such a problem this time, and hopefully the 620 motor should see off some of the competition.

My target remains unchanged since day 1.... top ten.

[dickieducati]

Originally posted by fil2
100% agree with this..hence why i think snetterton will be the hardest race for Myself and Ali....Rattler Tony Nick etc who are quick riders and have picked up the pace will certainly be in with a shout of top 7..Ali mentioned that a certain 620ie came past him on the long straight like it was an R6..LOL......

but as they say " bring it ".................



Phil


[Edited on 17-6-2005 by fil2]

the 620's definitely have the legs on the straights but this will only make a difference if there are two riders of similar ability battling it out. ali overtook me going onto the revitt straight, i overtook him back again about 3/4 of the way along then he went past me on the brakes into the esses and buggered off! purley because he's a quicker rider than me. depending where i passed him i could have held him up for a bend but no more than that.

[TP]

Originally posted by lizzie

I dunno about that Tony. Andy Ibbott never runs sessions more than 28 minutes long (25 in Spain if you recall) because they've done studies which show that everyone promptly loses concentration and falls off after 28 minutes, which would be entertaining.

So if you (generic 'you', nothing personal Tony) get to 28 minutes and are still in it, might be wise to bear that in mind.

Well, I did say 'taper off physically' which I don't think you will. Even now I can run for half an hour at about 75% and cover about 6 - 6.5k's.

Mentally is a whole other story. I think people will fade mentally - it will be the people who manage this better than others who keep the pace going through the race.