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Post by leedodds1 on Jan 18, 2016 11:26:00 GMT
Yesterday I completed my first race at the Chopwell Funduro TT which I absolutely loved!
The day start out with registration at 9.30am then followed by a walk of the course in the -2 conditions. With the temperature being so low you can imagine the ground was very hard and there was still some ice patches on some braking zones. By the time practice started the ground had started to thaw and the course was running well. The practice session was 2 hours so I did a run early and a run just before the stages were closed to get used to the changing conditions.
The stages were spilt into 3 each of which you ran twice so 6 timed runs overall. I feel I was riding well but my biggest downfall was my fitness, the biggest lesson learnt was I need to get fitter to compete.
... anyway I had aimed for the top 50% was I succeeded with finished 11th out of 30 in the category and 38th our of 105 overall.
The results www.rootsandrain.com/race3736/2016-jan-17-northern-downhill-chopwell-funduro-chopwell-woods/
Photos of me from the race www.rootsandrain.com/rider90647/lee-dodds/photos/
Cheers Lee |
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Post by hodgy on Jan 18, 2016 11:35:52 GMT
Well done Lee ..great result for your first race !
Just calm down a bit on the fitness front for the Bothy weekend though ..saying that ..Russell is a fit lad so at least he will keep you company from the front !
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Post by hodgy on Jan 18, 2016 11:41:29 GMT
Nice motor by the way ..and cool pics from the race ...
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Post by leedodds1 on Jan 18, 2016 12:11:31 GMT
Styling  
Only in practice though!
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Post by roundie1981 on Jan 18, 2016 12:39:14 GMT
Well done Lee that's a good effort mate, you got anymore coming up?
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Post by leedodds1 on Jan 18, 2016 13:12:38 GMT
Well done Lee that's a good effort mate, you got anymore coming up?
Cheers I'm thinking about doing the Hamsterley TT in Feb, that's if I persuade one of the lads to join me.
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Post by Marmite on Jan 18, 2016 14:40:35 GMT
Good effort pal |
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Post by duke on Jan 18, 2016 15:50:57 GMT
Well done mate, nice motor too...
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Post by dirkpitt74 on Jan 18, 2016 16:18:41 GMT
Great result!
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Post by steormy on Jan 18, 2016 18:50:32 GMT
That's awesome! Well done on your first race. Never heard of the Roots&Rain, looks good. Roots and rain is the site that all the photographers upload to Gaz |
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Post by typer on Jan 20, 2016 19:14:31 GMT
Nice one. They're always good fun the NDH events with good banter in between race runs. I can't do the the hamsterley Enduro on the 14th Feb but I'll probably be at both hamsterley TT's and maybe some of the others further afield.
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Post by hodgy on Jan 20, 2016 19:47:33 GMT
Happy New Year Stu ....!
Good to see yer still breathing ...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2016 9:10:16 GMT
Good job Lee. Also interesting to see Mumford and son in the results table..! And now we know who'll be at the Bothy first to light the fires and get kettle on |
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Post by leedodds1 on Jan 21, 2016 9:15:42 GMT
Good job Lee. Also interesting to see Mumford and son in the results table..! And now we know who'll be at the Bothy first to light the fires and get kettle on AHHHH is Chris coming on the Bothy weekend? He looked very fast on track! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2016 9:26:49 GMT
Good job Lee. Also interesting to see Mumford and son in the results table..! And now we know who'll be at the Bothy first to light the fires and get kettle on AHHHH is Chris coming on the Bothy weekend? He looked very fast on track! Not what I meant to say Lee.. but I see that's what it looked like, doh!  (it's not really THE mumford & son is it???) I meant you'll be the first place fire fixer (or Russell) The rest of us will drag in an hour later |
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Post by leedodds1 on Jan 21, 2016 9:32:06 GMT
AHHHH is Chris coming on the Bothy weekend? He looked very fast on track! Not what I meant to say Lee.. but I see that's what it looked like, doh! (it's not really THE mumford & son is it???) I meant you'll be the first place fire fixer (or Russell) The rest of us will drag in an hour later
I see, lol!
I doubt that, my fitness isn't up to much at the minute with working away from home a lot. I'm trying to change that before the next NDH event though.
Cheers Lee
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Post by typer on Jan 22, 2016 11:01:42 GMT
Happy New Year Stu ....! Good to see yer still breathing ... Lol, cheers Neil. You too Not really been on here much lately or my bike for that matter. New baby is taking up most of my time |
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Post by hodgy on Jan 22, 2016 12:13:40 GMT
Congratulations !
...and money too no doubt ...
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(it's not really THE mumford & son is it???)