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anyone arranged post [s]race[/s] pootle drinks in the church/other hostelry?
You know the rules fella. All rides in the vicinity of Prestwich finish at the Church. It's the law!
How much of the course is rideable after the event? Was hoping to attend but the new date clashed with taking the wife to Edinburgh.
Would like to have a bimble round during the week
The weather looks glorious! You lucky, lucky people.
BTW. You should all make the effort to say thanks to Terrahawk. He has done this on his own and there has been considerable background bollocks from various people.
When you are in Philips make sure that you take 10 minutes to ride the red trails up the hill.
It will probably get loaded on Strava, but don't know how much is regular trails.
Alternatively, look for the hollowed out shells of unfit STW'ers bodies laying in the bushes
Have a great time folks! Gutted not to be there, especially as the pain is pretty well gone this morning! Dammit!
That was an awesome race! Really enjoyed my self and did my goal of four laps. 😀
More importantly, my big bro got his first ever podium in the 3rd place spot!! Proud is an understatement. If anyone has any photos of the podium, would you be kind enough to email them to me? We didn't have a camera on us... Email in my profile.
Thanks to all who set up and ran this awesome race.
I've got podium pictures. I'll post them up. I'm presently sat with a beer, caked in mud, looking at my bike which is even more caked in mud.
That was brilliant fun! Great course. A massive thank you to Jason and crew for taking all the time and trouble to organise it. And the weather gods certainly smiled on us! 😀
Oh... and we'll done to your brother. There were some seriously fast boys (and girls) out there today!
Great day guys, big thanks to terrahawk and all the helpers and marshalls, shouting their heads of for the full 2 hours.
Now sat at home, well and truly buggered. ??
Same next year?
Cheers terrahawk and all the Marshalls!
Great race, although compared to those at the front i was in no way racing, just trying to keep going for 2 hours!
Now at home nursing a probable bruised rib from on over the bars on that first descent (3rd lap - you think is have learnt by then!) 😕
The extent of my photography from today, a couple from the finish:
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Thanks Binners, much appreciated.
I just read back through this thread, think you where next to me at the start - remember the mascot!
Working through some photos the wife took - will post em when done.
Good race, happy with 6 laps on the singlespeed, considering it's the longest ride I've done this year!
Course was ace. Weather was ace. Mud was ace.
Well done folks, happy as a Greg in mud.
Home and just finishing depositing quite a lot of Lancashire mud on my drive over here in Yorkshire. Massive thanks to Jase and all the marshals. Had a great time and I think I did 6 laps but I lost count after 1. Great little course and nice to meet some of the guys on here.
Well bloody hell, wasn't that good! I wasn't expecting beating sunshine to be the extent of the weather. Managed 5 laps which I was chuffed with, including a spectacular OTB on that first loamy descent om lap 4. Cleaned it next time though!
(Oh and rider 161 - tut tut, cutting big corners off the track!)
That WAS brilliant!
Really enjoyed the course, different and better for it, I thought.
Preparation H scared me a bit until I worked out how deep the mud was.
Favourite bits were the little watersplash near the end and the new downhill, which I bottled out on every time.
Great organisation as always, thanks so much Jase, you should be very proud of yourself.
Lovely to meet everyone, great to chat with you all.
Smiles and sunshine.
Hearty congrats to all the winners, very jealous of your well deserved prizes.
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Great race,great weather and fantastic organisation. Well done to Jason and all the marshals for their efforts!
Anyone know when When will results be posted on the website?
Really good course and brilliant encouragement from the marshalls well done all of you
That was mint!!
Quite happy with five laps on my Scandal.I think i'm relatively fit until you get lapped! 😀
Massive thanks to Jase and the marshals for making it happen.
Loved the new course and only went OTB twice!
Alstublift from Belgium. Sounds bloody ace. I'm almost sorry I've been picking my liver in Ghent all day.
Well done all. I hope you like my 'encouraging signs' - Pedal you bastards!
I liked the 'You're Gorgeous ' one. Cos I am!!!
The Darwen Dylan.
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Ee, weren't that good?! Lovely weather, great course, ace atmosphere, only a *cough* little bit of mud...
Fanks very much terrahawk and all the marshalls! Thanks to the MNPRers too for taking me under their wing for a post ride beer or two!
Really enjoyed today. Think I did 5 laps.
Thanks to Terrahawk for organising it all.
Thank you Mr Sparkle for your encouragement!
[url= https://goo.gl/photos/oScpRipiTeVTHr2Y6 ]Some pics including podiums here.[/url]
I had a thoroughly ace time, the course was great fun, the atmosphere lovely, the organisation and marshalling exemplary and we couldn't have asked for better conditions. I particularly enjoyed all the kids yelling "Aeroplane man!" at me all the way round, obviously comedy props are the way forward if you want encouragement at races and you're a hopeless chopper like what I am. I think I managed 5 laps? in spite of one of my pedals parting company from the crank, a minor crash at the first river crossing, running out of water in the first hour and stopping for a chat on several occasions. Marvellous.
Cheers once again for all the hard work terrahawk!
@Mr Sparkle -those signs were ace, very encouraging!!
Great race, but boy did i blow with 2 to go. And that climb...cruel b@&stards who ever though of adding that. Big thanks to jase and all the marshalls....and what a spring day!
Some photos taken by the wife, hither:
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A few phone pics.
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Elite racers discussing tactics...
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This was steeper than it looks here
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See 😀
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Thanks to all involved in making that happen it was awesome! loved the marshal entertainment,ace course the sun was shining and ... pies.
Found myself on Gregs wife's photo link. Thanks
SportSunday has the pictures up - some really good ones
and
http://www.sportsunday.co.uk/htn-10362#photo
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Great Sport Sunday photos - found 3 different ones on me pushing my bike! And none actually riding it 😳
Although, seeing some of the action shots of over the bars and in to the mud i think waking that bit was one of my better decisions.
I was lucky enough to be marshalling and at my spot here are my 6 best crash photos
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Film here
https://vimeo.com/210069193
All photos, good and bad are here
https://www.flickr.com/gp/25655510@N02/1qVzCD
Help yourself to them with the download button on the right hand side
What an absolute cracking event in superb weather well done to all who took part on what was an ace course. My legs are tired today after riding there and back but the weather was to good to waste!
We knew it was going to be carnage at the bottom of that first descent. So we hung back and let the fast boys hurl themselves down it first, and had a laugh watching them go down like BHS
Not that we learnt owt from their mistakes. I still binned it at the bottom as well
Greg - your wife's pictures are great! Going to sort mine out later
i have to say, some of the photos make waterdale and drinkwater park look stunning! the water crossing by the irwell could be part of a world cup venue...
once again, thanks to jason for organising the whole thing, all of the marshals for giving up their time to make sure we could do the thing and everyone else that was part of the day basically.
That was a cracking day.
Just seen on my Garmin that I did a lap more than I thought (five in total so happy enough).
Also I see I've starred in JonClimbers top 5 crashes (I'm the second one down from the top). I'll be keeping that one.
Loved the marshalling - your sign MrSparkle was great and the relentless dancing from one lass was very cheering.
Great day out and the family loved watching it too.
Cracking day, really enjoyed it, I managed to climb every little hill, but then managed to fall off every time down
John
Thanks for the zoomed in pic of me on my back wi feet in air :-)))))))
[url= http://www.sportsunday.co.uk/htn-20208 ]Sundaysport photo of me[/url]My first ever "race", I pootled round while you lot flew by. Stopped to provide a chain link and tools for No 212, who very kindly came to find me at the end to thank me. I can barely walk today 🙂
you can put a face to the poster.
I appear to have an altercation with some brambles yesterday. Or at least, my arm may have been mauled while I was sleeping. Not quite sure where that happened but i am a ball of tingles today.
My arms and legs are absolutely shredded as well Greg!
Mrs Binners comment this morning... "Jesus! You look like you've been self-harming!!"
Indeed
I'm so glad to see that
A) many, many other people also
went OTB on that descent
B) I'm not the only one who looks like they have put their arms and legs into a wood chipper!
Nice jersey Snotrag
Yeah binners my legs are a bit shredded too, and my back is killing me, although don't know why :-)))))
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Whoop!
112th = not last = target achieved 😀
Next years target = top 100 and no injuries 😯
johnclimber's crash video is awesome. One bloke's OTB is so slow you could time it with a calendar. Tears rolling down my cheeks.
2nd from last. I've achieved my 'not last, this time' dream! [b]Boom!![/b]
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Dead last, get in!
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If I can do it, anyone can.
Chase your dreams, people.
I thought I was only lapped once? Am confused.
Either way, good times.
Thank you and well done to the guys that organised the race. It's the first 1 in 23 years for me. I really enjoyed it and managed 4 laps. Even made it into the 6 best crashes photos above.
72nd, which I'm really pleased with on my massively unsuitable bike! Do people generally carry their bikes a lot in Manchester?
Do people generally carry their bikes a lot in Manchester?
only when we're nicking em
Spot the rider 😉
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Thanks Bregante, like that pic
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A limited edition so limited they don't exist yet!
And they won't if nobody bothers to order them.
Someone has ordered one 😉
A lesson in racecraft, if you are going to stop as you can't manage another lap, do it before the finish line, at least then you'll get classified...
there will be another chance to put your lesson into practice Tom. Soon....
I'm fairly pleased 71st position, might have made top 50 if I didn't spend so much time on the floor rolling around in the dirt
i'm in the same boat as tom there; no classification due to my stupid timing (and shit knees/lungs).
still had a great time though, so there's that!
Third from last! Does that mean I'm ready for the Monday night pub rides 🙂
Ooh terrahawk, you tease...
Quite? happy with 58th place.
Roll on the next time!
rossendalelemming - You're ideally qualified. You'll still be having to wait at the top of every climb 😀
As I couldn't ride, I've just been looking at pictures, (love that one of the orange clad CXer going OTB) and the Strava route of the new course, and inadvertently I've stumbled on what appears to be a 1/2 lap shortcut on a riders Strava.
Shop or not?
Dob or don't?
I know it's a relaxed race and it's not a podium botherer, but it's definitely not cricket. #whatwouldbinnersdo
Stop and have a chat with absolutely everyone, wait for me to catch up, wait another five minutes 'to let the fast lads and lasses to go through' and then wobble down the fun bits.
That's what Binners would do.
I adopted his approach of 'not really bothering' this year with great success.
It hurts much less and you get to meet the nicest people.
🙂
Heh, good point.
Did Sue marshall again? Did she have Vimto? Perhaps these are the important questions of the day.
She did.
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She's moaning because she wasn't at the bottom of Mt Doom.
Missed all the carnage.
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Recognised loads of the marshalls from previous years, very, very funny and a top job as always.
I guess etiquette depends on your perspective. For me riding slowly at the back then I was pleased to find that the 'elite' were pretty polite this year as they piled past me. Not a great deal of arrogance from the 'riders'!
For them I guess they would be more concerned about how quickly the elderly lard asses got out of the way and if I can speak on belhalf of the MNPR collective then I hope they found us very accommodating!
With regards to the 'cheating' I guess you pretty much only cheat yourself, but if your prepared to cheat then you take the risk of being caught... name and shame I say (or at least post a link to a strava activity for independent verification!).
Finally, anyone dumb enough to go through the start / finish had to bypass the ever increasing hoard of lurkers and deserves a 'no placing' for their schoolboy error! 😀
inadvertently I've stumbled on what appears to be a 1/2 lap shortcut on a riders Strava.
Get the pitch forks, there be cheats in the woods
Yes, the marshalls are just one of the brilliant things about HtN.
I managed to drag myself recovering body round into 44th place, so considering the amount of antibiotics and other pills ive consumed in the last 4 weeks I'll take that.
Big thanks to Jason for all the work as it was ace and to the nice Karen lady for looking after my jacket / phone / keys.
Oof, just noticed Louis faceplanting on John's video.
Hope you're ok fella.
The half lapper may be me... But if it is it's actually an EXTRA half lap - somehow managed to miss a turn not far before the end of the first lap (just after the twisty drop through the trees) and ended up doing half of it again!
I'm no threat to the pointy end though so it wouldn't make much difference either way. 😆
52nd place. Pretty pleased with that. Never done a 'short' race before and I start slowly and didn't get much faster or slower.!! Great course. Managed to ride the big uphill every time and only stopped on the downhill as a couple of guys pressed eject in front of me!. Massive thanks to Jase and all everyone involved including all the other riders.
It's not you Dingleberry, (unless you use a very different name on your Strava account to your user profile on here) but following the route round it seems mystery rider did the same as you. Which leaves two points.
1. Hard luck mystery rider, (and you Dingleberry) you'd have come higher up the placings but for your mistake.
2. Discretion really is the better part of valour, I'm bloody glad didn't go charging in feet first and make myself look like a right arse. 😳 Sorry.
I was one of the people who went wrong. It certainly wasn't cheating!
In the cut and thrust and tunnel vision of the first lap I (and some behind me) followed a chap I was chasing the wrong way after the ride down the boggy stream descent (failing to turn left onto the "trail centre" singletrack) and ended up doing an extra loop before arriving back on the course where we had left it.
Annoying as I must have lost a fair few places, as others around me were going at a similar pace.
I ended up in 26th.
I passed Binners twice, at exactly the same place each time.
Make that 27th, not 26th! D'oh.
Grrr.