As it says on the site – times and results are provisional, so not reading too much into it at the moment (especially after comments from people on here, who’ve had results sent direct). Not that i’m hoping for an amazing improvement for myself… My times indicate pretty clearly that i need to work on fitness / climbing (assuming the time for the climb is my second, not first attempt)
Bit concerning tho to see a stage time that put Rob Cooksley in 2nd, almost a minute behind the fastest… doesn’t add up to me.
Overall tho – i enjoyed the day, but it was more down to the trails, rather than the event. Probably at a bit of a disadvantage having not ridden any of the Skyline trails before – a few emergency hucks were pulled out of the bag, and my pace setting on the uphills was off the mark.
I’ve done 3 of the Avalanche Enduros – and yeah – the organisation seemed a lot better. They spend a lot of time on briefing Marshalls, Clive Forth and crew do a great job of course preparation (not easy on a 35k loop), and the allocated start time and seeding makes the job of timing a lot simpler and more reliable.
That said – if the difficulties around the timing could be ironed out (faster, more reliable results, so people would have an idea of how well they’d done and be confident in its validity) – it would be a great day out racing against and riding with your mates.
look forward to hearing about any other similar series tho – is a great format in principle.