Gorrick R2
maurice
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So how did everyone do?
I got 51st in the Open, had a good ding-dong race with one guy over all 3 laps which I eventually won, quite enjoyed it!
I got 51st in the Open, had a good ding-dong race with one guy over all 3 laps which I eventually won, quite enjoyed it!
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Enjoyed it though, especially the corkscrew. Pulled out after 3 laps as I was getting slower and slower..... third lap was around 39mins!
Much better than veteran which I raced before. Didn't have the fronth of the grand vets field steaming through!
Is there a prize for even pacing - only 2 secs slower on lap 2!!
Mostly because I didn't do a practice lap I expect rather than fitness :oops:
Still working from home has it pluses
I tried a different tactic this time of going with the leaders at the start, this lasted for about 1.5 miles when I thought I should probably get my heart rate back under 200 lol, averaged at 193 in the end!
I woke up with a sore throat and feeling a bit iffy on the Sunday, but felt ok during the race.
Paying for it big style today too, nasty head cold
Try First Defence - it didn't work for me as I picked up my niggly sore throat on Tuesday last week but a guy starting having the same symptoms as me on Friday, used it and was fine today. I went to work, coughed my way through the morning before coming home.
I had the opposite approach this time after being well and truly beaten up in vets at Yateley and the Autumn classic. Didn't want to feel like I was in people's away again so went off relatively conservatively and picked my way through the field. 2nd lap only 2 seconds slower than the first.
By the way, I am a tall bloke and did overtake people on the climbs both laps but was riding with clip-ins not toe clips! Every time I have done one of these has been the same - on the firetrack I move on people around me then it gets all tight and twisty again! Presumably, I was the last guy who overtook you as you finished next after me. I had black clothes, green helmet (!) and was riding a black and red Scott. Not sure when my next one will be as have a few weekend commitments but please say hello next time you see me at one.
I am the opposite way round, go backwards on the hills and fireroad, go mad on the singletrack
Im told thats quite a high heart rate for a 32yr old, ive seen 212 before, I have the heart of a shrew according to my friend
This was me
I'm at D3J_4886
I went through them all the other night
Which last corner? the left hander after doing that bombhole before going up the last hill to the finishing straight? I nearly binned it there on my practise lap as I came out of the bombhole way to quick and the bike said NO as I tried to make the left heh
Its a bit flat but some fun sections, depends on weather really, rounds 4 and 5 were a slog last spring simply because the grounds that soft peaty stuff which was there in places at this round 2. They do change the course though, ie this one started on a mad uphill last year, we briefly turned onto it in this race but then went left back into the singletrack before that downhill and over a mat they had placed down.
Im going to do it but on my hard tail as a laugh (death wish). I think it will go horribly wrong as I didnt have the energy to stand up on lap 2 of this one and let the rear end of my Turner do its job but I wont have that. Will be an interesting comparison anyway and all hopes I had of better results than last year have gone down the pan with not enough winter riding heh
Crashing in front of all the spectators is great btw
haha yeh when i came off there was a loud ooooooo from everyone, gives you a massive adrenaline rush to keep going though.
your HT should help you get up them hill, i usually just pick a gear i can spin fast and steady in and hope for the best, good luck!
I used to push big gears but now try and spin them which seems to work better
I thought the first 13 finishers in Fun should really have been competing in a different class