K100 updates?

Is it possible to get updates?

don't think so no.

Joolze Dymond is posting updates on twitter.

anything?

Winner came in in under 8 hours. No idea who it was though, sorry.

What are you doing back … bears get ya? 😉

I was tail end Charlie so missed the cut off due due to stragglers. Bell still works but was annoying the shit out of me by the end.

so people didn't make cut offs then? which one? first or second?

Everybody who didn't bail got past cut off one afaik but our last bailers were so slow that we missed cp1. Beyond that I didn't pay much attention before I left.

Supposed to have been harder this year. Even more climbing.

Weather was superb. Red routes were a little lumpy to say the least..

Mens Open Winner finished in 7:58 but I didn't catch his name either. Too tired to remember it.

I got asked to leave after 56 miles (plus a 4 mile ride back to the start), 2250m of climbing and three mechanical assists which probably cost me an hour. Without the mech assists I would probably have been close to making the cut off, but once I knew I wasn't going to make it I slowed significantly.

As I suspected I wasn't fit enough, mainly due to not dragging my lazy body out training enough, but I'd definitely give it another go.

sure it was andy something who won. Neal Crompton came 3rd. Guy who won was 20 odd minutes ahead. Next guys started coming in about 8:25ish i think.
Hot day, course was tough with relentless climbing. Sure it was filled with punctures and crashes everywhere, especially with fatigue. guy on a ss rigid 29er wiped out right beside me on a descent doing about 30mph. Was in a bad state but still finished the race ( amazing when you seen the state of him). I got blessed (not) with 2 punctures in the last 4 miles ( 1 on the last descent) which cost me 4 places. Grrrrrrr.
Overall a very tough day out, nutrition and drinking was essential to keep going. Still had the puddles of doom in it 👿
Funny to be behind the pace car which stopped after 3/4 mile to let those who were still at the start line catch up, only for the vehicle to get moving and stall straight away. Pace of the fast riders was extreme hardcore although they started fading through the race and those who started medium began to catch up. Climbing involved had to be experienced to be believed.

Everyone did really well. 56 miles is no mean feat especially with all that climbing and those trail surfaces! 🙂

First rider came through that checkpoint/cutoff just before 11 with rider 2 about three mins behind. By 100 miles he was at least 15 mins in front (Course was a bit more than 100 miles)

Last rider home in the dark accompanied by the MX guys who gave her some light. Fantastic effort guys 🙂

Think she had over 14 hours on the bike

On the off chance, anyone know how John Warnock did – he'd have been wearing purple/yellow Las Vegas kit. Finished 5th last year.

If the crasher on the rigid 29er was on a Swift then I was talking to him afterwards – he was going to have a few beers then see about getting some stitches I think.

Dunno – Josh Ibbett was 5th

Clubber – He finished probably around 10 hours 'cos he passed us as we were pootling down the last four miles into Kielder. Didn't fancy it yourself then?

And thank you Diane – yes 56 miles felt like a very long way, particularly when the lad I'd ended up riding with was nursing a broken chained, broken mech hangered bike that I'd singlespeeded for him. It was just my legs that had "mechanicaled"

I'm not really sure anyone else did the race – I spent loooong periods of time on me tod with no-one else in sight

…which was nice 🙂

If the crasher on the rigid 29er was on a Swift then I was talking to him afterwards – he was going to have a few beers then see about getting some stitches I think.

A singular, all blue kit with tattoo on leg and braces on. ? That was him, he was f'ing fast by the way.

On the off chance, anyone know how John Warnock did – he'd have been wearing purple/yellow Las Vegas kit. Finished 5th last year.

Think he was outside top 10, not definite on that one though

Not for me. Wouldn't have made the first cut at the mo 🙁

That's an incredible time by the winner! Well done to all who made it and those who gave it a go – I bottled it (holidays), hopefully will do it next year!

Done it in about 13 hrs and Im fecked. Made the 1st cut off with 35 minutes to spare, the 2nd in plenty of time and the 3rd by 2 minutes. The last 20 miles were terrible for me but I just kept plodding along.

If the crasher on the rigid 29er was on a Swift then I was talking to him afterwards – he was going to have a few beers then see about getting some stitches I think.

A singular, all blue kit with tattoo on leg and braces on. ? That was him, he was f'ing fast by the way.[/quote]

Nooo, that woulda been Dan Treby, bummer!

I got round in just over 11 hours. Putting the climb from the reservoir to the top of Lonesom pine in the last 10 miles was just evil.

Otherwise really really enjoyed it. Found it easier* than I thought I would making the cuttoffs easily. Might try for closer to ten hours next year but we were lucky with the nice weather, must have been a whole heap harder for the guys who did the first one.

If you are thinking of doing it just buy your entry when it opens and get out riding as much as possible throughout the year. Great motivation for some fantastic training rides (think big full day adventures, not circuits) and by the time you think you can do it, it will be sold out. 650 on the start list this year, I bet there are more entries next year.

*Still completely fecked, my hands still tingle and if I bend down it's a massive effort to get back up!

I feel surprisingly good this morning. Managed 9 and 1/2 hours. Anyone measure the distance. We clocked it at 107 miles.

Great event and will be back next year. But don't rely on
the feed stations. Where were the gels and fruit cake the organisers promised on the website!

Fantastic day – I crashed at 44 miles (ish) just as I was heading up to the Piper.

6 broken ribs.

Thanks to those that stopped and helped.

I clocked it at 107 miles too – a couple of people with Garmins recorded 102 miles.

…so 107 miles it is 🙂

Sam – he seemed OK(ish) or maybe the pain didn't set in until later. And was busy building up a Pegasus in his mind when I spoke to him.

Speaking of which the bike was great – even if the engine wasn't.

Andrew cockburn won overall & paul ashby won the vets & 9th overall.

i did it in 9.43. great ride, one of the best rides of my life. i still think that alot of mtber's under prepare on fitness, food and drink. dread to think wot world of pain you would have been in if you didnt drink – eat right. some great encouragement from the riders although i did spend 20mile or so on my tod! did the whole of the fire track from newcastleton on my own.

great ride though, maybe a sub 9hours next year?

Was a tail end charlie at over 13 hours but made it – got cramp in both legs at 30 miles – saw alot suffering with cramp – need to sort that for next year – bike was fine – some of the red surface's were truly awful. Thought it was really well organised and a great event – suspect it will could get even bigger. Midge hell though…..

Well impressive. I know I couldn't make it around in time…
Perhaps worth a feature in STW covering how to do K100 well? Hydration, nutrition, prep etc?

Top 10 were:

1. Andrew Cockburn (7:56:57)
2. Stephen James (8:11:55)
3. Neal Crampton (8:13:52)
4. Jean-Claude Van Der Vekem (8:20ish)
5. Josh Ibbet (8:24ish)
6. Phil Morris (8:29ish)
7. Mike Blewitt (8:33:51)
8. Ant White (8:35)
9. Paul Ashby (8:37ish)
10. Rich Rothwell (8:43ish)

Mel Alexander won the womens I believe.

Fair play to Ant White & Rich Rothwell – I was ahead of them at Newcastleton (60-something miles in), they nailed it round the 2nd half of the course!

13:00:22 for me. A full hour faster than last year and I got a prize for not being last 🙂

The course was apparently harder than last year despite the better conditions, but I felt a lot better.

I don't think the course was harder to be honest.I think I ache more this year because it was a lot faster and drier so felt obliged to ride it harder!

Top 10 were:

1. Andrew Cockburn (7:56:57)
2. Stephen James (8:11:55)
3. Neal Crampton (8:13:52)
4. Jean-Claude Van Der Vekem (8:20ish)
5. Josh Ibbet (8:24ish)
6. Phil Morris (8:29ish)
7. Mike Blewitt (8:33:51)
8. Ant White (8:35)
9. Paul Ashby (8:37ish)
10. Rich Rothwell (8:43ish)

Mel Alexander won the womens I believe.

Well, came 11th overall which was good and bad

Good to finish but bad because i was lying 8th until 2 punctures in the final 4miles lost me 4 places and heaps of time.

Deffo a weird experience. By 25 miles i was ready to give up ( too fast a start maybe?), at 33 i was thinking, shit, thats only 1/3 distance covered. I was riding with Rich for about 60 odd miles and we both somehow missed the water station at 33 so we ended up sharing my bottle till we came back round to it (AH, there it is!!). By the 50 mile marker i was glad to be half way, and got joined by Ant White , although my computer ws showing 52 miles.

Dan on the ss singular joined us just after the 'puddles of doom' section and he was setting a cracking pace and suprisingly enough we dropped Ant White at that stage. Heading up over the border was physically so tough, as if they forgotten to bed the stones in. By that time i had dropped Rich and Dan but Dan got me a few miles later where minutes later on the downhill crashes severely. I turned round to check him, he was not great but nothing broken etc so i continued on but by that time Rich caught me. Moments later at Newcastleton, a quick stop ( next time get some chain lube you fool), and we must of passed 'twinklydave' and i veered out in front of Rich managing to catch Paul Ashby just after Newcastleton trail centre. He was fatiguing badly along that massive riverside fireroad so he draughted me until next feed station where Ant had caught us. Eventually me , Ant and Paul set a good pace home catching a puncture victim. By time we got to Kielder trails my speedo was showing 98 miles but guy informaed us 6.5 miles to go? Huh!. Anyway, i f'in hate that trail centre surface and just before the end of the final climb my tyre blew out. Ant and Paul continued ahead whilst i fixed the flat. By time i had completed that i could see Rich just heading up the climb so off i went, realising my air cannister hadn't giving my rear tyre nearly enough pressure but thinking 5 miles to go i'll hang on. Up the horrible switchbacks to be met by 2 lovely girls saying 1 mile of climbing then all downhill (huge lie). Anyway, got to final descent and bam, rear tyre went again. Fixed it but Rich had passed me before shooting off to the finish. What a hard epic ride.

This year though, i got food and drink spot on and although at times i struggled to stay within the group, overall i felt pretty good. The last 6 miles from kielder centre were easily the worse for me

Heading up over the border was physically so tough, as if they forgotten to bed the stones in.

I remember riding that last year and thinking it'll be lovely when they've finished it.