superb ride
mooched round in 3 hours 7
i think i broke a few people when they saw me on the singlespeed, 
and i hope i amused those who saw me ranting when i got to the top of wessenden
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Had a really good race, finished 5th in 2h 18min. Thanks to all, was a great event.
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Honestly expected to be in around 3h30. However due to a lack of legs, and my inability to inflate a tyre in any less than 10 mins, arrived in at 3h51. Still, pretty pleased as for a first effort I did get in sub 4 hours, and beat a few club mates. Unfortunately, Mrs_mw beat me back by 14 minutes, so I'm going to have to put up with a lot of gloating for the next week or so!
Whilst I'm very impressed with the times posted by the top lads and some of the ss'ers, I think that Nigel, mentioned above, getting back in 3h38 having scooted from half way up wessenden deserves a round of applause!
All in, a very friendly and well organised event. Will definately be back.Posted 3 years ago # -
Very enjoyable event. Excellent route markers, friendly marshals and snack stop people.
3hr 38m for me, although that was due to the aforementioned freehub failure (by marsdenman & Ben_mw ^ - cheers chaps) on the climb up Wessenden, basically reducing my bike to a zerospeed hobby horse.
The last 12 miles I had to scoot, roll or push. Next time I'll have to check my bike over a little better.
Nigel
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evenin all, not long back from some post ride nourishment (Becks - sorry Keith!)
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That were tough...
One place behind tombell, the cheeky wee beggar, 2h19m. Cracking stuff, and i liked the bacon rolls.
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rolf was it you talking to me at the finish?
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Yeah, it was. How're your singlespeedy legs this morning?
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they are not too bad actually rolf
he he he
you doing lee quarry this weekend?
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Nah, back up north for a scottish XC round unfortunately. I'm excited for the August Lee Quarry series, though.
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well i might be able to get to that one w1fe depending
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erm any sign of the results being posted up, or at least a hint as to when they will get posted
cheers
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Results will be a bit delayed this year as I'm still busy with end of semester marking. I'll put up an announcement when they're done. Sorry for the inconvenience, bl00dy students eh....
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One of the lads who works for me is claiming to have come second - I need the results sooner rather than later.
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igm,
If you can't wait, check the pictures on the links above. You would see him in the top bunch if he came second? If you look at the pictures, the guys with red arm warmers won, so your colleague would be near him.
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Think he's in one of the early group climbing shots - blue helment with velcro for his lights, Red spesh top number 246 looks like him.
The guy cycles from Hudderfield to Castleford to get to work each day so there's a fair chance he did well.
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the results anywhere near ready yet?
would you like to email them to me and i can sort them into order....Posted 3 years ago # -
igm,
two guys in spesh jerseys did well. I finished one place behind someone is a spesh top for 5th, while someone else came even higher up. Confused me a bit
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Apparently he was running seventh until the last big climb (which he said he'd decided to save himself for)
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were there any little climbs?
no results yet....
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