Mr Sparkle, we finished in a 11.5 hours? That's good news, my fatigue addled brain thought it was 12.5 !
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Kielder 100 - Lordy!
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Anybody know if theres any photos online yet? or if not, what site they will be appearing on?! Seemed to be plenty of photographers around the course.....
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dot - my mind was fairly fatigued too but I thought the guy at registration said it was about 6.10 when I went to sign off so subtracting the time it took to drag my battered body from the finish to the Castle and given we started at 6.30 ish... I might well be completely wrong though! It was good to have a chat with you after. Now get out on that 'cross bike, asap!
dickydutch - I think Jooz Dymond will have some available sooner or later.
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just to add my thoughts, excellent event and worth a 600 mile round trip. Course was very well marked and had a bit of everything. A lot of fireroad but as people have mentioned you can't do 100 miles of singletrack. The key point was that it was an all weather course - struggling to think of many other races that would have gone so well after a week of rain.
Highlights
- riding up some manmade trail to the border in the cloud when the piper kicked in, completely surreal!
- finding a limitless supply of tea and cake at Newcastleton (after another piper experience) with a feast of singletrack to follow
- hops based recovery drink at the finishLowlights
- my sugar & tea buzz from Newcastleton switching off just as I started that long gradual drag up the side of the river after the newcastleton.Got round in 10hrs bang on I think, be interesting to see the results and timegaps to the fast chaps. I had 105 miles on the speedo and 11600 ft of climbing, a big day out and no mistake!
Matthew
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AS for number of finishers- the rumour was that there were only 100 made the first cut off, then the drop out rate after that. Word was 68% dropout rate.
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Well done to everyone who entered, i was meant to be sweeping the last 37 miles, i waited around all day and then i was told i wasn't needed,I was a bit dissapointed not to be involved in the event but i still had a great day hanging around the finish and hearing all the stories of the riders , wish i was fit enough to do it
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Really good event, marshals were great, managed to finish in under 12 hours...my Garmin was reading over 2 miles up against the course markers when the battery died at about 90 miles....
Missed out on getting one of those mugs (and the beer, info at the finish was a bit lacking either that or it was me not being totally with it), is it possible to get one posted to me? (happy to pay postage)
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200 riders started, 130 finished. Results up on the kielder 100 website.
We do have a smatering of pics which will be up prob tomorrow as we're still traveling home. Epic event , well done to everyone who came along and gave it a go , history was def made;0)Posted 2 years ago # -
Great event, hardest thing I have ever done on a bike! I was back in just under 12.5 hours. Finding walking hard today!
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I thought I had seen/done/felt everything when I was in the Army.....I was wrong...the Kielder 100 took me somwhere I thought I would never visit.....Brutal
Will Be Back next year Defo but with a bigger team of us
Thank you to the Lady on the 29r infront of me who tested all the mini lakes for me (I mean puddles)
And the young guy who fell in the Ford at the first water stop.....still grinning at that lad
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Andy Armstrong has some photos up
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I thought that was harder than soloing SITS a few weeks ago. My Garmin had the overall distance at 102.96 long long miles!! could have missed the 2 mile loop after feed station 2... but then again we'd have missed "The puddle of death"!!! Loved the Border Crossing with the Piper standing out there in the truly "Scottish" weather. Yet another great event this year, hard as **** and that's the way is should be.
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What a day! Back from the 350mile drive now.... legs are a little tired!
Excellent event tho, ok so we started 6 mins late, BIG DEAL!
Very well run event, with excellent marshals, Loved the fact the FC worker had painted not far to go on the floor in paint at about 45ish miles or so.I dont think I've ever been thru so many states of mind in one day. But so glad I made it back. Fair shout to everyone who got to the end, it bloody hurt.
My figures were 102.84 miles and 11288ft of climbing. Cant believe the Garmin last 13hours!
I said I wouldnt do it again last night, I'm now already planning for next year and how to get a better time! Oooops!
Thanks to the organisers, and I can thoroughly recommend the Grapes hotel in Newcastleton for anyone looking to stay in the area!
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Well done to the organisers I say - marshalling and start was all good and I thought the course marking was really good, especially given it was such a long course. The course was good but the surfaces on some of those new trails at Kielder were seriously hard work uphill.
I finished in 13 hours at 7:30pm, wasn't clear whether the prizes etc. had already been done so i headed back to the camp site.Posted 2 years ago # -
well done to all who finished, you set of hard ba5tards.......
i rode a special 1 off polaris thing that was 100 miles about 10 years ago.
it took me 16 hours....
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Had a great time despite not finishing for a variety of reasons - mental toughness being the main one! Will definitely be back for it to complete unfinished business
And I won't try a 15 hour trip in a weekend but will make a week of it.Great humour from all the organisers and marshalls kept a lot of people going. Found the course excellent (as far as the 54 mile cutoff and then the final slice of singletrack, anyway) - can't think of many places that could have help up so well to so many riders after so much recent rain. Great job by the course designers - if there'd been much more singletrack and very very few people would have completed, I reckon.
Well done to those who completed this inaugural event, you've done something to really be proud of.
By the way, I >loved< that big lake after the 49 mile food stop - bit like the Ridgeway!
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Anyone know when the results outside the top 3 will go up?
Also, can anyone remember the website of the photographer at the 65 mile hot feed? it was something like kielder100 photography i think?Posted 2 years ago # -
Another "Well done" for the organisers from me - given the scale of the event, and the fact that it was the first one, I was seriously impressed at how smoothly everything went. And from what I heard in the pub last night there didn't seem to be a whole lot of frantic panic behind the scenes either bar restocking of food stations.
After 24 hours and a long drive home powered by nurofen and red bull, I'm aching more than yesterday, but the bleak moments are fading and I've started wondering if it will be drier next year so I can turn up properly prepared and take a chunk off this year's time, and get back in time to claim beer and bbq food
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Well that was hard. Didn't finish for lots of reasons, one of them being that at a low point psychologically I knew I was about a two minute coast to the hostel. Need to work on my mental attitude. It didn't help that I was not properly hydrated to start with and got a horrendous headache at about 40 miles. There was a lot of trail that was really energy sapping, just wet/muddy enough or uphill enough to really sap energy and momentum. Would like to see how it rides in the dry...
Organisation was really good I thought. Hope it becomes an annual event. I really want to train and prepare properly and have another bash.
Well done to all the finishers, proper hardcore, especially Stuartie, Raddog and CharlieRevell. Also, can I thank Olly for sitting with me and trying to get me round as far as you could. You did your best!
x
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> Pretty high attrition rate by all accounts.
> 200 riders started, 130 finished. Results up on the kielder 100 website.130 people came through the finish line, but some of those were people who'd failed to make the cut-off being redirected back home down the singletrack. Nearer 100 actual finishers.
One of the best organised events I've ever done. Bailed at 40 miles when the math was predicting a 9.30pm finish so went to help out the marshalls. A lot of the marshalls are also racers 'giving something back', so they know just how much a cheer is appreciated.
> I thought it was really well organised. I particularly appreciated
> the motorcross bikes that followed my down the last singletrack
> with their headlights on as it was pitch black in there at 8:30!You bastard Mike! We had to stand around at the finish for 6 and a half hours being eaten alive by the midges - which I would like to add are magically attracted to marshal vests! - just to make sure that whoever it was that finished last still got a welcome and a cheer. Well done that fella
> I won an Exposure Joystick for being DFL!
So next year you'll be able to see your way down the final singletrack
Thoroughly deserved.> Did anyone get an accurate measurement of the course length
> and elevation gain?Various GPS readings coming in from 108 to 104 miles. Depends if you carved the turns or not
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My GPS data 102.96 miles, 12276ft ascent... 11hrs 24mins and 7090 calories, its the best diet ever!!!
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they've created a classic. well done to those that put it on.
will be back next year. bound to do better than yesterday...
this happened at 2 miles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hx6RpdfOj4Posted 2 years ago # -
Ooooo thats not good! Was it a freewheel or freehub?
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Marty - what a pisser!
Very amusing video though...
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One thing, though-
who designed those number boards? They were a big bag o'****. Almost doubled the weight of my bike!
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charlie - shimano xt freehub. had made some grifter sounds a couple of rides back, but seemed to have sorted itself. early enough to have been a comedy failure (on reflection). that happening at 80 miles wouldn't have been funny...
trying to get hold of a replacement so i can do a 100 later in the week as punishment.
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Made in round in just over 10.5 hours. Sore hands, back and legs.
Great event, really well done to all those who organised it.
Might be back next year, but I don't think I'll try it on a rigid singlespeed again!Posted 2 years ago # -
trying to get hold of a replacement so i can do a 100 later in the week as punishment.
you're a sick man
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Hi to everyone, we run the Newcastleton Net forum found at http://forum.newcastleton.net, so if anyone wants to, you can post a message to the village who had marshals in place and also feed station on the Newcastleton side of things, we can also keep you informed where photos will appear etc. Tony
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My 3 mile ride to work hurt this morning. Now, I just need to sleep but I'm at work.
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JB - I think you were the guy I was talking to with my girlfriend on the campsite. I think she commented on the amount of rice you'd eaten for your tea after we pitched our tent next to yours.
How'd you get on? Think I saw you walking dwon fromt he steps at the castle at the end but didnt catch you for long.Rich
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did the PA system work properly for the rider briefing? I gave advice on one of the components to Sara and need to know whether she is speaking to me or not
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It was very good michael- could hear it all outside the courtyard.
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phewee
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will be back next year. bound to do better than yesterday...
this happened at 2 miles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hx6RpdfOj4Marty - I've had the same thing happen to me with a deore freehub.
I was using an XT hub, also SS for the race and that happening crossed my mind when I heard odd cracking/creaking noises coming from the hub about 50 miles in - I then thought, nah XT freehubs wouldn't fail like that!
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