[Closed] Hit the North - ENTRY OPEN!

I think they have decided you can ride for 3 hours rather than 2 😉

Bugger 🙁

Hi Mr Spider, pls translate (preferably with a gpx file):
Field of Despair,MTFU Hill,Red grade trail centre berms, The Chin,The climb,Prepataion H, Blue grade trail centre stuff with a couple of berms,
The water splash,Viaduct Climb,A climb up and over a Victorian railway viaduct
The B@stard.
Thanks!

Louis, sounds like it's the same as always, but a bit different.

Based on the above, it would seem to be:

That horrible field, then the push up the steep little hill at the end.
Then down to the right on the superb new trails, left down that excellent steep drop which loads of people slide down on their bum.
Then back up through the white gate, the really good downhill bit at the top on the left, round the flat bits where the crossers cheat and miss out the rocky sections 🙂 , through the raging rapids, then climb back up to the start via the comedy slidy, pushy bit near the carpark.

Just a guess based on Harry's description above, mind.

Bit like a greatest hits compilation of the last few with a few new bits.

Sounds great.

You in?

I'm in Agent Spanner & this time I am coming to get you & they will not put DNF against my name! Looking forward to some rehearsals. Good incentive to get fit.

I was hoping that they would use both sides of the new trails. I'll text you tomorrow.

I was hoping that they would use both sides of the new trails

It is a figure of 8 so it can't work.

It would make it too easy.

There is road in the middle of it and the the rest of the park is still open.

Whats happening with the kids race beforehand Harry?

I've got 2 enthusiastic entrants chomping at the bit. Seriously - they're talking about training programmes, and everything. Which has raised suspicions in my mind as to whether they're actually mine after all. I might pop on Jeremy Kyle for the old DNA test, just to be sure

I'm in
The file treads worked really well last year up to the point it started snowing-got a bit tricky after that.
Looking forward to it 🙂

Whats happening with the kids race beforehand Harry?

it'll be happening during the main event, most probably. So you'll need to bring another person to look after them while you're still in the race.

preferably with a gpx file)

absolutely, positively no can do. I know it's 'only' Philips Park but a lot of it is footpath that we've got kind permission to use on the day. Handing out gpx files would be irresponsible and powerful forces will become angry with us.

@RustySpanner and @hebdenbiker - I would have prefered to have gone down 'The Chin' on my arse, rather than my.. chin 😀

You got a section of the course (one of the all-time-great sections of the course in fact) named after you before we sold out and got all corporate.

I’m in, I’m doing it on a fixie in my Sister jeans,

I'm in!

fwiw (which is very little) I thought last years race with the snow was the best winter* race of them all, the harder sections nicely offset the slop 🙂

*see what I'm hinting at there... summer race... 🙂

When's the first preview ride?

When's the first preview ride?

Some of the course (the new MTB trails) aren't open yet, so until then...

The preview rides are a marketing tool really but we don't appear to need them nowadays 😉
(might do one for a laugh though)

After the weekends 3 Peaks weather I think HTN needs to step up if it wants to keep its Epic weather reputation. I shall expect no less than artic weather conditions now.

I think I'm in....!
Oh god, what have I done? 😐

I'm in!

I'm in 😀 😀 😀 😀

It is better to live 2 hours as a tiger than a lifetime as a worm.

But you don't see many worm skin rugs.

60%ish entries gone. Chop-chop if you want to join the fun.

>>"a marketing tool" , " we sold out and got all corporate"

What next? Hit the North merchandise including machine washable Terrahawk dolls with moving eyes?

Voodoo dolls with hi-viz jackets and canoe helmets 😉

I'm in, looking fwd to it. Good motivation to commute through the winter.

I'm in again 🙁

I'm in again 🙁

I'm in again 🙁

I'm in again 🙁

I'm in again 🙁

I'm in again 🙁

I'm in again 🙁

I'm in again 🙁

whoops 😳

mods can you sort please

HtS..

2 questions.

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Beer.

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Pies.

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There will be a booze up in The Church Inn in the evening and probably a curry frenzy before it.

At the race we have excellent [url= http://www.giddy-kipper.co.uk/index.html ]catering[/url]. Much better than just a pie.

Excellente'

Much fun to look forward to.

" is in training mode"

Look's like Vortexracing is in! 😀

Anyhow, merchandise you say?

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(it's going on my van)

Look's like Vortexracing is in

I know, I got a bit giddy, plus i'm an old man with a computer 🙄

First event ever for me

200 places sold.

Hey HTS, peeps are telling me it's sold out. Tell me it's not true. Wot's the limit, 350-ish?

100ish places left. The first 200 went in 4 days so get a shift on!

Update.

74% of entries gone.

When asked at Relentless 24 this weekend a certain hairy TT rider described this year’s HTN as “Mustard”. We’re not sure what that means… but we think he is coming again in 2013.

Does he want a brew chief?

Entry closing very soon. Only 10 or so places left.

I'm in again, and will be up for the Pub/curry again as well 😀

Me and my dad-in-law are in.

[b]ENTRY CLOSED![/b]

Places for the youth race still available.

I was just about to enter 😉

Hora, have you signed to be one of the ...

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/cries

any chance of more places closer to the event?

[b]ENTRY WILL RE-OPEN ON THE 1ST JANUARY, SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

ENTRY WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES FOR THE RACE TO REACH 'ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM CAPACITY'.
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