Iain, mtb marathons are definitely races for the first 50-100 riders. Not technical. Do night race if long seems too long, but you’ll be fine. Good luck tomorrow.

Do it Ferrals – I’ll see you there!

Shortened the lap number or the course? It was a long lap distance but my lap times mid pack sport were 22.55, 22.55, 23.20 (pleased with the consistency 😆 ). The sport winner must have been sub an hour. Would have been faster today as the puddles/damp bits were were being ridden dry yesterday afternoon.

Anyone got a link to the results today in Pembrey? I think I ended up 15th in GV but not sure, lost my chain on the sandy steep climb on the last lap and my team mate got past me, which did make him happy at least! In fairness, he was quicker than me!
Managed all the a lines which was looking doubtful on Saturday so pleased with the weekend all in all.

Good result Iain! Somewhat regretting not trying the a-lines. Even though I know it makes no difference whether I come 20th or 30th afterwards I always look at the results and count the seconds 😳 according to my hr monitor I wasn’t trying hard enough either, average hr 160, probably as I was spinning out a lot on the flat. (Race was same time as a cx race where average hr is 175+ )

Pretty certain I could have ridden the a-lines but didn’t get a chance to practise them arriving at 1.15 for the 2.30 race. That’s my one bugbear with the national series, the 12-2 practise is so congested it’s hard for sport riders to get a full practise lap in and a decent look at the a-b lines. That said, at Pembrey, it would have probably been fine if I’d got there to start at twelve.

Had said I wouldn’t do Wasing but might have to break that promise!

😯 😯

I would be dead at 195 😆

The more I think about it more I want to race Wasing, I’m only going to be an hour away that weekend and I guess being centrally located should be a big sports cat field so nice tight racing. Only problem being I said I wouldn’t as we’re going to be at my folks with our 3 month old so maybe a bit unfair to leave my wife carless for too long. How reasonable is it to race wasing without a pre-ride? Many a-b lines or bits that might sneak up on you? I’ve seen the big drop photos and i wont be riding that! I’m thinking get there 1.45 so i dont miss registration, warm up, race and hammer home, can make it a 4hr excursion!

Whats the scoop with Scott Marathon registration and pre-ride info? Nothing appears to be sent out via email – is that normally the case?

I keep clicking on rootsandrain to see the lap analysis but they are not there yet 😥

Nutcracker events are fading a little I think, I don’t want to slag them off too much. I love having these xc races local to me and understand the hard work that goes in.
However, using the same courses year after year, with little or no change or adding in a short man made section with no flow etc, waiting a week for the results, no actual podiums for the winners, hardly any race photographs, having to go through the BC entry faff, and packing up before racing has finished isn’t good practice, all that for £25 – and 90 mins (if your lucky) racing, with no practice lap, hardly surprising!

S’pose it was my first foray away from Gorricks etc. I just wasn’t expecting to have to have both wheels off the ground. The big drop B line is fairly hard core.

I’d raise it. Don’t be a dick, just make a friendly observation that you believe the guy in 5th DNFd (that is what you’re saying, right?). They obviously had some problems, but whoever did the timing was paid to do it right, and they appear to have failed here.

If they had a paper record of you then presumably they had a paper record of the people in front of you too to verify that.

I’ve got points off a race with five in it before.

Family negotiations done and Wasing entered 😀 even going to be allowed to get there in time for a practise lap 😆

Quite pleased looking at the roots and rain analysis, because of the big field I beat a higher percentage at Pembrey than I’ve managed before in a national.

There’s a few miles on the road behind a pace car then a big climb. There will still be some congestion unless you’re near the front as there are an awful lot of riders.