Hein - 2008-08-29 - Al Ain Road to Fossil Rock
hein | 
08 29th, 2008| 
Myself, Leo Arsenault and an imaginary friend, Philip Van Der Walt, did the normal Al Ain Road to Fossil Rock run this morning. Excellent weather, at 5:30 am it was only 28 Deg C, with the humidity not being too bad. As Leo has a 3.2 Gallon Clarke fuel tank on his Yamaha YZF450 and I have a 4 Gallon IMS on my Honda CRF450X we decided not to stop at Cattle Grid (Al Jabal) and just push through to Fossil Rock. Back at the cars by 9am, perfect early morning ride, will miss this when the winter comes, sunrise is a lot later in the winter.
As Philip did not show up again we just imagined he had a larger tank on his KTM 450 SXF. Did get a call from Philip explaining how his new Blackberry is just too complicated or is it the age setting in ?
Even though I always ride with my Garmin ForeTrex 201 GPS these days I deliberately do not look at it while riding. A GPS is like a magnet for your eyes, I find if you look at it too often you tend not to concentrate on the natural landmarks and just follow a straight line. No looking at the GPS does sometimes get you off route a bit, as you can see in this image, my navigation had us off in the wrong direction for a while before I realized we were going to hit Al Ain Road in totally the wrong spot…..
There is another strange shaped track on the map, no I did not get lost twice, we made a planned detour to Big Red. I must really buy a small digital camera to carry with, the view from the next big dune before Big Red was really worthy of a photograph.
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2.073 km | 2m 46s | 44.96 km/h | 2.073 km | 2m 46s | 44.96 km/h |
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1.947 km | 2m 28s | 47.37 km/h | 4.020 km | 5m 14s | 46.09 km/h |
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2.000 km | 2m 42s | 44.45 km/h | 6.021 km | 7m 56s | 45.53 km/h |
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1.993 km | 1m 45s | 68.34 km/h | 8.014 km | 9m 41s | 49.66 km/h |
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1.996 km | 2m 03s | 58.42 km/h | 10.010 km | 11m 44s | 51.19 km/h |
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2.056 km | 2m 06s | 58.74 km/h | 12.066 km | 13m 50s | 52.33 km/h |
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2.001 km | 2m 34s | 46.78 km/h | 14.067 km | 16m 24s | 51.46 km/h |
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1.951 km | 2m 04s | 56.65 km/h | 16.018 km | 18m 28s | 52.04 km/h |
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2.019 km | 2m 46s | 43.78 km/h | 18.037 km | 21m 14s | 50.97 km/h |
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2.036 km | 1m 57s | 62.64 km/h | 20.073 km | 23m 11s | 51.95 km/h |
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1.972 km | 2m 50s | 41.76 km/h | 22.045 km | 26m 01s | 50.84 km/h |
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1.965 km | 2m 39s | 44.50 km/h | 24.010 km | 28m 40s | 50.25 km/h |
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2.027 km | 2m 46s | 43.97 km/h | 26.038 km | 31m 26s | 49.70 km/h |
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1.973 km | 2m 50s | 41.78 km/h | 28.011 km | 34m 16s | 49.05 km/h |
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2.059 km | 3m 21s | 36.88 km/h | 30.070 km | 37m 37s | 47.96 km/h |
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1.943 km | 2m 39s | 44.00 km/h | 32.013 km | 40m 16s | 47.70 km/h |
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2.008 km | 2m 41s | 44.91 km/h | 34.021 km | 42m 57s | 47.53 km/h |
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2.091 km | 2m 41s | 46.75 km/h | 36.112 km | 45m 38s | 47.48 km/h |
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1.925 km | 2m 12s | 52.49 km/h | 38.036 km | 47m 50s | 47.71 km/h |
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2.007 km | 2m 32s | 47.52 km/h | 40.043 km | 50m 22s | 47.70 km/h |
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2.018 km | 2m 23s | 50.80 km/h | 42.061 km | 52m 45s | 47.84 km/h |
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1.992 km | 2m 04s | 57.84 km/h | 44.053 km | 54m 49s | 48.22 km/h |
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1.985 km | 2m 57s | 40.38 km/h | 46.038 km | 57m 46s | 47.82 km/h |
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2.017 km | 2m 46s | 43.74 km/h | 48.055 km | 1h 00m 32s | 47.63 km/h |
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1.998 km | 2m 18s | 52.12 km/h | 50.053 km | 1h 02m 50s | 47.80 km/h |
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2.025 km | 27m 32s | 4.41 km/h | 52.078 km | 1h 30m 22s | 34.58 km/h |
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2.009 km | 1m 50s | 65.75 km/h | 54.087 km | 1h 32m 12s | 35.20 km/h |
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1.989 km | 1m 59s | 60.16 km/h | 56.076 km | 1h 34m 11s | 35.72 km/h |
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1.935 km | 2m 10s | 53.57 km/h | 58.010 km | 1h 36m 21s | 36.12 km/h |
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2.004 km | 2m 49s | 42.69 km/h | 60.014 km | 1h 39m 10s | 36.31 km/h |
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2.025 km | 2m 33s | 47.65 km/h | 62.039 km | 1h 41m 43s | 36.60 km/h |
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1.980 km | 2m 38s | 45.12 km/h | 64.020 km | 1h 44m 21s | 36.81 km/h |
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2.064 km | 2m 15s | 55.03 km/h | 66.083 km | 1h 46m 36s | 37.20 km/h |
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1.959 km | 1m 59s | 59.25 km/h | 68.042 km | 1h 48m 35s | 37.60 km/h |
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1.971 km | 2m 36s | 45.49 km/h | 70.013 km | 1h 51m 11s | 37.78 km/h |
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2.015 km | 3m 40s | 32.97 km/h | 72.028 km | 1h 54m 51s | 37.63 km/h |
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2.001 km | 2m 39s | 45.32 km/h | 74.029 km | 1h 57m 30s | 37.80 km/h |
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2.037 km | 5m 45s | 21.26 km/h | 76.067 km | 2h 03m 15s | 37.03 km/h |
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1.934 km | 2m 22s | 49.02 km/h | 78.000 km | 2h 05m 37s | 37.26 km/h |
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2.051 km | 2m 34s | 47.95 km/h | 80.051 km | 2h 08m 11s | 37.47 km/h |
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1.966 km | 4m 09s | 28.43 km/h | 82.018 km | 2h 12m 20s | 37.19 km/h |
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2.024 km | 4m 10s | 29.15 km/h | 84.042 km | 2h 16m 30s | 36.94 km/h |
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1.959 km | 3m 08s | 37.51 km/h | 86.001 km | 2h 19m 38s | 36.95 km/h |
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2.054 km | 2m 40s | 46.21 km/h | 88.054 km | 2h 22m 18s | 37.13 km/h |
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2.123 km | 2m 30s | 50.96 km/h | 90.178 km | 2h 24m 48s | 37.37 km/h |
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1.870 km | 1m 59s | 56.56 km/h | 92.047 km | 2h 26m 47s | 37.63 km/h |
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1.981 km | 3m 40s | 32.41 km/h | 94.028 km | 2h 30m 27s | 37.50 km/h |
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1.988 km | 2m 40s | 44.73 km/h | 96.015 km | 2h 33m 07s | 37.62 km/h |
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2.060 km | 1m 59s | 62.31 km/h | 98.075 km | 2h 35m 06s | 37.94 km/h |
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2.079 km | 2m 28s | 50.57 km/h | 100.154 km | 2h 37m 34s | 38.14 km/h |
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1.867 km | 1m 33s | 72.28 km/h | 102.022 km | 2h 39m 07s | 38.47 km/h |
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2.025 km | 3m 14s | 37.58 km/h | 104.047 km | 2h 42m 21s | 38.45 km/h |
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2.129 km | 3m 20s | 38.32 km/h | 106.176 km | 2h 45m 41s | 38.45 km/h |
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1.825 km | 1m 21s | 81.12 km/h | 108.001 km | 2h 47m 02s | 38.79 km/h |
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2.009 km | 2m 06s | 57.39 km/h | 110.010 km | 2h 49m 08s | 39.03 km/h |
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2.024 km | 2m 26s | 49.91 km/h | 112.034 km | 2h 51m 34s | 39.18 km/h |
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1.373 km | 1m 48s | 45.76 km/h | 113.407 km | 2h 53m 22s | 39.25 km/h |
