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Post by kirky72 on Aug 9, 2015 19:20:27 GMT
For my birthday today, (many happy returns) thanks, I had entered the Ard rock, under what may have ended up being a one man team for mtb-uk. It was a great event, very well run and the stages were a little same but fantastic, I particulary enjoyed 2, 3 and 5 was a corker. Took a stage to get used to it, a shock to the system with the steepness of some of the chutes and was tricky with a gale blowing and really loose and sketchy on the corners. I went totally the wrong way and through a bit of a bog, but that with a very minor off after getting held up on tight switchback were my only real issues. forgot to switch my Garmin on for the first mile or so but still shows 4215 ft of climbing the first 3 miles were a pretty steep climb so most likely would have been 4500/4600 ft climbing much of it was into a strong head wind. i kept my rests and stoppages to a minimum and more or less joined the queue if there was one or just went when I got to the stage start gates. I put myself under pressure to finish within the supposed time limit of 5hours 15 minutes and took me 4 hours 40. However I met lots of people who had been out for 5 or 6 hours when I was only 3 hours in so I needed of worried and should have had a breather before the stages. shame I didn't wear my go pro as the stages were great but I didn't want the voodoo, I really went for the final stage and it finished with a great steep slalom style field descent. Finished with stage time total if 23.19 at the point I left which was with 2.5 hours left I was 80th in my category. www.strava.com/activities/365289417 |
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Post by kirky72 on Aug 9, 2015 19:21:40 GMT
Sorry forgot to ask, did anybody else go in the end, when I checked my strava against club I noticed Duncan (dblom) and Dave morel, however not a time for all stages so trout they must have been on last years maybe.
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Post by hodgy on Aug 9, 2015 19:25:56 GMT
Well done Kirky you little race snake !
Hope that this has slowed you down sufficiently for next week ..!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2015 19:27:37 GMT
Well done Kirky and as far as I am aware, you were the only one of us to attend - for varying reasons - bloody great effort tbf.
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Post by hodgy on Aug 9, 2015 19:30:42 GMT
..almost forgot ...happy biirhday young man !
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Post by glynnsixo on Aug 9, 2015 19:37:20 GMT
well done kirky you are a machine!
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Post by kirky72 on Aug 9, 2015 19:46:13 GMT
I don't feel like any type of machine, well maybe a broken one with wooden legs.
It's a shame we couldn't muster a gang, maybe next year, it really wasn't that Ard!
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Post by kirky72 on Aug 9, 2015 19:47:31 GMT
My youngest just asked how old I was, she said 43 that's an old man. So that's official I am a old man now.
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Post by hodgy on Aug 9, 2015 19:49:46 GMT
Impossible ...I'm not old yet junior !
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Post by glynnsixo on Aug 9, 2015 20:02:57 GMT
how does it work as a team kirky? the team ride together and time is measured to the last man to cross the line?
and does each stage start straight after the last?
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Post by kirky72 on Aug 9, 2015 20:26:08 GMT
If you enter as a team with the same start period eg early, mid or late you should all get a similar start time.
I would imagine it adds the total of each team members total time and divides by the number on the team so you get a team average time, which then the teams are compared against.
The stages are spread mate, all but one of them which was the final stage was just after a brutal climb. It was kind of climb for a few miles, the stage was a fast descent through disused quarries/pits or fields then another brutal climb to the next stage, drop back down and repeat. So well spread across the distance. Electric tag chip, you ride through the gate and it starts and time finishes when you pass through the stage end gate, you hand your chip in at the end and get your times.
That's for the enduro, there's also aversion on the Saturday where they don't do all the stages and it's one big timed lap.
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Post by glynnsixo on Aug 9, 2015 20:38:26 GMT
basically just ride it all as well as you can and you get a time/pos at the end?
iv not entered any events this year, I could do with another t-shirt
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Post by hodgy on Aug 9, 2015 20:51:38 GMT
The Kielder 101 is coming up if you are feeling fit Glynn !
101,km on mainly singletrack ...
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Post by hodgy on Aug 9, 2015 20:53:25 GMT
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Post by glynnsixo on Aug 9, 2015 21:08:00 GMT
The Kielder 101 is coming up if you are feeling fit Glynn ! 101,km on mainly singletrack ... ouch!.....im not feeling that fit at the moment. riding at degla yesterday the lads were giving me a beasting without even trying. they drrrrragged me round like a rrrrrrag doll!............they were just using me as a play-thing  |
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Post by Chopper on Aug 9, 2015 21:56:00 GMT
Well done fella, doing my first ever race in a couple of weeks, King & Queen of the hill as long as i survive i'll be happy, just doing it for the experience really and not expecting much Promo video featuring some quadruplets  |
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Post by glynnsixo on Aug 9, 2015 22:02:06 GMT
nice 1 chopper. embrace the day!
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Post by steormy on Aug 10, 2015 10:52:32 GMT
Well done Kirky and as far as I am aware, you were the only one of us to attend - for varying reasons - bloody great effort tbf. I was there |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2015 10:53:39 GMT
I apologise Ste - fair play to you both then!
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Post by steormy on Aug 10, 2015 11:04:48 GMT
I've just checked my time and I was beaten by a fuckin tandem . I know I'm no racing snake but come on !!!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2015 11:07:54 GMT
I've just checked my time and I was beaten by a fuckin tandem . I know I'm no racing snake but come on !!!! Jesus feckin wept  It must have had an engine on it mate. |
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Post by steormy on Aug 10, 2015 11:09:00 GMT
Kirky finished 140th in our category and I was 150th . There were 218 finishers
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2015 11:09:40 GMT
That's a very respectable effort.
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Post by steormy on Aug 10, 2015 11:24:58 GMT
Just looked , Kirky also got beaten by the tandem . My mate who is the fastest out of our group and is a fairly decent rider was one place about the tandem .
Overall finishing , Kirky 541 place , me 570th out of 794 finishers . There were a 1000 people that started
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Post by hodgy on Aug 10, 2015 11:29:25 GMT
If i'd done it I would have finished .....one thousand and first !
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It must have had an engine on it mate.