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From the email I just got
Entries on the day are available only for Fun, Open and Under-12 categories. The Open and Fun races are at 2:30 pm on the Saturday – entries close at 1:30 pm. For this round only, the Under-12s racing takes place on the Sunday at 10:30 am, delivered by Go Ride Coaches on a separate course. Enter on the day or on-line.
Bloody hell the fields are big. 93 Experts 😯 , I may not come last.
Does the Expert race run at the same time as the Open? Is it the same race?
Neither.
Expert runs just behind Elite and Junior, setting off at 12:30, 12:31 and 12:32 on Sunday, so all 3 races are on course at the same time, but are entirely discrete races. Elite is 6 laps, Expert is 5 (probably, not actually checked, subject to change anyway).
Open is 3 laps, and is on Saturday afternoon, at 2:30 it seems from the post up there ^^^
Bloody hell that's mad, there were probably 90 people all in at the race I was at this weekend.
The fields are all massive actually, interesting to see.
Expert is so big as it contains most of master too, as they've done away with it.
Luckily Sherwood has a really long start straight to hopefully spread everyone out a bit, Or at least give me a chance to move up!
Does the course follow the standard Kitchener route or is it different? Questions, questions!
Different, a load of trails that won't be part of the way marked routes, and some that are.
I'd forgot about the abolition of masters.Gonna be interesting!
^ This is the best part of racing sometimes! New bits of trails that mixed with old stuff making it feel awesome again!
Forget about fun being easy.
Look up on Timelaps the podium times for say Gorricks or Southern XC races. The [s]pot hunters[/s] podium placed riders would be top 25% of open if they moved up a cat and could maintain the lap times for 1 more lap.
This is of course a massive generalisation but some 'fun' lap times are bloomin quick, they are just over a short distance.