It’s back!

Praise the lord! You becoming as masochistic again then?

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
Bit over excited there……but it is ‘probably the best race in the world’ (you can use that as a tag line if you want).

2 hour version.

Pi55 up afterwards.

count me in

was a great fun last year.

Fantastic!

Excellent excellent excellent

Can i share this rubbish?

[video]http://www.vimeo.com/20165598[/video]

See you next year

Yay, marks diary 🙂

Yeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

Nice film there Pook. I’m going to Tweet it if you don’t mind.

Go for it Andrew!

Mr Sparkle & Son’s video from the year before. Sadly without the sound.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3ZND8nbU4s[/video]

Best event ever. This year I may even turn up after badgering Jase for tea and cake.

Stupid planes from stupid Ireland.

Thats me @ 4.35 😀
Best use of 2 sets of brake pads (in 1hr 50mins) ever.
20th 2010, 11th 2011, ?? 2012 😆

putting billy ocean on any video is unforgivable 😆

There will be a juniors race this year too, free of charge most likely.
20 mins of mild discomfort for the little ones before the main 2 hours of pain.

putting billy ocean on any video is unforgivable

Pah.

(but yeah you’re right)

Yeee Hah!

Best news Ive heard all day.

I’ll be back again next year, can’t beat the annual 2 1/2 hr Prestwich mud bath 😀

excellent, I shall be aiming to ‘ride round in the middle of the pack’ and ‘get piddled in the pub afterwards’

Jase, you should do the le mans start, with the added bonus of first to the bikes gets free choice of all the bikes !!!

Was there a team option last year?

Nope.

Every man/woman for him/herself.

Ed, ssssssssshhhhh! Some of us aren’t built for running you know.

This is great news, makes February so much more bearable.
I’m aiming to improve and hopefully finish third from last this time. 😀

Bring on the beer, band and breakfast.

I’ll let Louis know as well.

I’ll let Loius know as well.

It wouldn’t be HtN without “Louis Canoe” 😀

What number is this, 3 or 3.5? Need to get these parameters established early or it will get confusing!

Killed my rear mech last time out, sounds like It could be fun again.

What number is this, 3 or 3.5

I think it is HtN3, which is confusing as it is the 6th HtN and the 4th 2 hour version.

Next year we may start counting backwards or give it a letter or colour suffix. HtN Teal?

Next year we may start counting backwards or give it a letter or colour suffix. HtN Teal?

We? Are you back in the fold?

Harry, I’ve got to tell Louis, he’s the only person I know I can beat.

We went for an ‘Explore the Irwell Valley’ ride with him last week.
Sue & I both had compasses, Louis had a GPS and one of those huge watches that tells you what your dogs’ middle name is.

We still got lost.
In Broughton 🙂

Was there a team option last year?

Ssssssssshhhhhhh. There was once upon a time. But they can’t do that again. Which means me, Bunnyhop and the Mack are the reigning mixed kebab team champions of HtN for EVER

MUHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 🙂

Thats me @ 4.35

With the beard or the chap in the yellow behind?

https://picasaweb.google.com/115867557921985666080/HITTHENORTHMANCHESTER

A few pictures from this years even, featuring a small area of tarmac, a broken bike, and lots of happy faces, aledgedley.

Crunch

He’d borrowed that off a mate too! Got it all wrong going down “Preparation H” 😯

I broke a pair of carbon soled shoes on that run-up. And went through two sets of brake pads (and rode with semi slicks as I hadn’t left enough time to change them over.)

I’ll probably be there again too though 🙂

I broke a pair of carbon soled shoes on that run-up

Not to worry, I’m sure there’s been the odd pair dropped off at the office in your size since then.

And went through two sets of brake pads

Do what I did and just throw yourself at the ground whenever you need to scrub speed. 😉

I’ve never done it but might give it a go next year.

entry opens on Monday (give or take a day).

How much is it?

How much is it?

dunno yet. last time it was £14 but things have gone up a bit.
it’ll be in the same ballpark though.