[Closed] Hit t'North

I find that working out how hard to push depends entirely on how deep the mud is at htn.

best idea we have come up with so far is to buy at Land Rover with a winch.

I know I'm a bit of a lump, but I think I can manage MTFU Hill without one. 🙁

My legs are a bit stiff this morning. Thanks to all involved in organising, especially Harry the Spider and Terrahawk. In retrospect, I loved the course. Yesterday at around midday I wanted you both dead 🙂

any other photo galleries anywhere?

The scramble through the small bog and up the bank, about 200m before the right turn down to the the car park....I found that required a bigger dose of MTFU than MTFU hill.

@ DONK - You must have lapped us, every other under-30 did. Maybe we'd pulled off for a coughing break?

Nice to see everyone last night. Talking "shop" with WCA for half an hour has detroyed my liver. The only consolation I have is that his hangover should be worse than mine as he was pre-bladdered by the time we got to the pub.

Unsung STW heroes from yesterday - Mr Sparkle & xherbivoure. The perfect head marshal and traffic director.

And Bullheart too. A double hard bastard, but we already knew that.

Buying a Land Rover may not be the best idea. 10 bags of road salt and a grit dispenser may be a better investment.

A big grit bin in the organizer car park.....or a big Unimog

Normally all the lower car parks are locked. I suspect that we are the only people who use them. I can't see the council providing grit bins just for us.

or just hire the gritter driver next year. He came down to the bottom car park about 40mph in that truck, gritted EVERYTHING, (including the inside of my shoes) and left also about 40. He'd have had that bloody big camper van up the slope first time, no danger.

Gritter Man turned up 30 minutes after we had dug our own way out and cancelled him. If they send a bill they will be told to Jog Off.

Awesome day yesterday! Big congrats to Jase and Andrew for pulling off another memorable day. The snow only added to it 🙂

Could i just add my own thanks to the organisers, marshalls and everyone else associated with the whole day! It was a smashing event, my first ever entry into the world of organised events and its something i wont forget!

Cyclists seem to get a lot of bad press (mainly by car drivers) about attitude etc but everyone was very courteous as they passed me, thanking me for getting out of their way! I received around 300 "thanks mate" and that was by the end of my first lap 😯

I was also pretty impressed with the amount of varied single track in Philips Park. We had ventured there a few weeks ago to have a look and hadn't seen a fraction of the trails available. Will definately return to Philips Park and Hit the North!

Below is a map of the course - i didn't bother adding the details of my recorded ride for fear of embarrassment!!! 😳

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Did you cut a corner in Mid Wood?

harry what was the lap length - o was told before hand it was 3.5 miles which it was not
Hope you got the chocolates and cheers for all yours and jasons efforts.
you have built something to be proud of ...build it and they will come 😀

No, didnt cut the corner!! Just a lack of consistency on the GPS!

The first lap was 4.3 miles and it was just over 4.1 miles on the subsequent laps...

I thought it was about 3.5m. Not sure to be honest. Jason is Minister of Measurement, I'm King of The Scroungers.

Got the sweets. Thanks 😀 Fed them to people.

Yesterday was my first Hit the North and I've got to say I has a great time. Thanks to everyone involved in running the event, it was bloody freezing, so your efforts are much appreciated. I hope the scoring lady is feeling better!

results http://www.hitthenorth.net/news/results-2/

harry what was the lap length - o was told before hand it was 3.5 miles which it was not

it's about 3.5 to 4 miles I think.

The scramble through the small bog and up the bank, about 200m before the right turn down to the the car park....I found that required a bigger dose of MTFU than MTFU hill.

I agree entirely. I struggled with it on every lap. On my last one I resorted to kicking steps. I tried to shoulder the bike but found I didn't have the strength to move. OMG that was a little evil bleeder!

Is it too early to ask if .........They'll be a summer 8 hour race?
Runs away and hides in a dark cupboard.

Domino - I wish I'd known one of the lady riders was you, I did cheer everyone on though (marshal standing at the start of race point, wearing 6 layers, yes 6 layers).

I was nr 218 and came 220th. Pretty impressive! presuming the aim of course was to carefully judge your final position against the randomly allocated number handed out before the start...? 😀

Thanks to all the organisers, marshalls, and anyone else that made it happen.

Had a cracking ride, only off twice (one an OTB moment as a bloke on a cx decided to stop dead in front of me :P)

Struggled on the field up to MTFU hill, and struggled to get clipped back in having clogged cleats.

Would loved to have hung round and met up with the guys off here, but I struggled to get the van out the bottom carpark even though I left immediately after I finished.

Finished 52nd and well happy with that.

203 for me, aimed not to come last and succeeded. If I had done another lap instead of lurking I would probably only have gained about 5 places, so don't regret lurking.

Is it too early to ask if .........They'll be a summer 8 hour race?

It is never too early to ask.

The answer is no.

Ha, a steady 227th for team Spanner 😀

[b]Whooooooohooooo, SEVENTH FROM LAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/b]

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I'd like to thank Aldi, BBQ land Kebab House in Radcliffe, and Joseph Holts brewery.
Without you all this just wouldn't have been possible.

See, with the correct training, diet and preparation, you too can live the dream.

164th for me. That'll do!

47th for me. Think i'm quite pleased.

130th for me,could have done better,could have done a lot worse...me mate finished 8th.....

How many "Elite" riders finished 150th or higher I wonder.

I started at the back for the fun of over taking on the downs, (not the ups) an came in 134 so really pleased with that.

started with the plodders at the back... finished 88th. Next year i think i might promote myself to the fast guys. never elite.. those guys looked hardcore!

Hmm, clearly sacrificing an extra lap to get my car up the hill early was not a good move from a sporting point of view......

Even the bloke who rides the TT commented on the people at the front and started a couple of rows back.

157th, quite pleased since I was 123rd last year with a field of 200.

Felt OK after the race, that was until I got home. as the day went on I got more and more buggered.

2 bottles of beer last night and I was ready for bed at 9:00 😳

How many "Elite" riders finished 150th or higher I wonder.

in the top third, didn't quite make the top quarter, I'm happy with that.

One rider who is actually "Elite" said that those who went off like a bullet were blowing out of there arses after 500m of the first climb.

I'd have said it was more like 200m, camelbaks flapping in the breeze

Something funny with the results 🙂 My stoker appears to be 3 places ahead and a lap ahead of me 🙂

Well it was fun I guess and its all about taking part so they say 🙂

TandemJeremy - Member
Something funny with the results My stoker appears to be 3 places ahead and a lap ahead of me

Well it was fun I guess and its all about taking part so they say

TJ ......maybe he was doing all the work 🙂 🙂

was a great day. Dont know how you got the tandem up that mud slope

One rider who is actually "Elite" said that those who went off like a bullet were blowing out of there arses after 500m of the first climb

i was wondering what the smell was at the top of the climb by the time i got there!

166th on first attempt at a mtb race, quite pleased really!I just set myself a steady pace to get round without blowing up too early. Thoroughly enjoyed the event and big thanks to all the organisers for putting it on. I'll definately be back next year! Very pleased with the bike aswell as just got C456 and 1x9 set up and had no mechanical problems at all. Better than some poor souls i passed with broken chains etc.

Anyone got any links to any pics (other than those in this thread)?

I started of in the 'bit of a plodder' class, then was moved back to the 'probably will die' to make way for the elite. Finished 102 and had a great time....in a masochistic kind of way