K100 updates?

First 56 miles from my GPS logger are now at http://www.mapmyride.com/route/gb/kielder/665128375163889199 3,800ft of climb in 58.5 miles (back to the start) is 65ft/mile, a target to aim for in training.

I don't recall crossing the route so many times, once you are in the forest all sense of direction goes.

I'll have to return next year to finish the map 🙂

Looks like a two year old's drawing doesn't it.

I made it about 2300m on my Edge 500 which is about double your 3800ft. Interesting.

GPS are usually way out with height. If you use my garmin connect to log your ride there's an option for to correct height elevation.

I've now got mine up on garmin connect and it makes it about 12500 ish ft for the whole thing with the height correction, more without it. Either way it's rather a lot.

All I need to know now is the itchyness half life for midge bites…

Got cut at 80 miles. Felt OK, could have finished. Did not get up the hills quick enough, and there were a lot of hills.
Felt very happy with the ride. As many have said the event was very well organised and I would definitely go back.

Just looked at your route Mr_Stu when you see where Newcastleton was on the route wise I now appreciate why so many looked tired, hungry and yet still smiling at that point.

I finished shortly after 13 hours. Had a terrible time for about 10/15 miles before the second feed station. Bonked very badly but managed to make it to the food stop and get going again. Felt great (relatively!) after that.

Last 10 miles–or was it actually 15?–was demoralizing. If the route has to be longer than 100 even, they should at least sneak the extra few miles in earlier on, rather than leave them until the end! (i.e. mark the 50 mile spot at 51, the 65 mile cut-off at 67.) Otherwise, a very well organized event, I though.

A great day, though! Thanks, Mike, for your bracelet. I was talking to you at the first feed station.

Congratulations to everyone–finishers and otherwise.

Great day out. Bettered my time from last year by 30 mins and got to meet some more STW/Twitterers.

This year I didn't spend much time at all riding with people. For the first half of the ride I was catching people up. Caught up with Trio around the 50 mile mark but then the red route across the top really pummelled my shoulders into submission . After Newcastleton it was just steady riding with the occasional rider catching me up.

Maybe I'll try suspension next year

Sara reliably informs me that the 95 miles marker was spot at 5 miles from the end and the 90 mile marker was spot on at 90 miles from the start.

dustdevil – I finished in 10hrs 17 I think. Was feeling pretty good after giving you those pills although the last "6.5 miles" were tough. Id forgotten how up and down it was.

Seriously impressive ride from you though as I said. You were tearing it up at Newcastleton!!

If the winner used it, it looks like I'll have to do a spreadsheet next year too. Maybe sell advertising space on it as well 🙂

Changes for next year: two bottles on the bike rather than one on bike and one in bag, carbon bars, Nuun-type tablets to add to the plain water at the water stations, eat a gel at every water/feed station and drink more. Not being ill 5 days before.

I might try riding a bit more too. 107 miles off-road as only the tenth ride of the year (other than my 5 miles a day commute) is perhaps a bit much.

Need a little logo on there, was loads with it or at least the same idea.

…95 miles marker was spot at 5 miles from the end and the 90 mile marker was spot on at 90 miles from the start

so the section between 90 and 95 then? I can quite believe some extra miles were squeezed into that bit 🙂

If the winner used it, it looks like I'll have to do a spreadsheet next year too. Maybe sell advertising space on it as well

Mike, you certainly deserve for those of us who've used your spreadsheet to pay for your entry for next year–a quid each on paypal for next year's spreadsheet?!

That I can't confirm but the 95 miles mark was measured from the finish the rest from the start. 😀

Mike, you certainly deserve for those of us who've used your spreadsheet to pay for your entry for next year–a quid each on paypal for next year's spreadsheet?!

Nah, I don't want anything for it. I was making it for me anyway and sticking it on Google was just a copy and paste. In fact, because I put it on Google someone spotted a mistake I'd made when updating the points when the numbers changed. So, it helped me too 🙂

My GPS had pretty much been in tune with the water/feed station published distances

At 13:50 I had 56 miles showing when I saw 2 [rather nice] female marshals 100m ahead & presumed that was the cut off
Only to be told "about another 2 miles to the cut off" 😥
& it was uphill from there

Whatever energy I had left at that point immediately vacated my body 🙂

I saw 2 [rather nice] female marshals 100m ………..Whatever energy I had left at that point immediately vacated my body

Are you sure it was energy?

I was numb from the neck down anyway, so who knows 🙂

Well paralysis can cause stiffies so who knows indeed.

I've got some picture from my marshal point, I'll upload later as I'm off to work now!

See my computer was spot on at 80 miles, slightly under at 90 and read about 96.5 at '5 miles' to go. It said 100.4 at the end . . .

Maybe you didn't zig-zag as much as the others.

What a great ride….just thought i would post my ride in case it helps anyone in the future….Those last 5 miles put me in another place !!

Had an off at ten miles…tore my eldow to bits, blood dripping for the whole ride. Oh well that what its all about.. Rider 571

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/47798955

Thanks to everyone involved….

I sort of enjoyed it. Goal was to finish and test fitness for T-P so set a 9mph goal. Came in at 8mph after a couple of punctures and far too many pisses!! stopped for nearly 1 3/4hrs. I was riging with a mate so we stopped with each other which I guess added to the time.

I hated the trails in general, I was riding a rigid, normally fine but due to the nature of the fire roads and trails I daren't run the low pressures I would normally so got somewhat battered. Not painful, just slows you down.

Despite what Raddogair said, I should have run my fatfront tyre, would have been way quicker over all the singletrack, you live and learn.

Felt good at the finish, never want to see another Jelly baby again, no physical after effects so probably could have gone faster.

Very well organised event, but the midges might keep me away again!!

And thanks to cancan and his GPS here you do an elevation. I just thought to do this folks who already have GPS details so nothing personal.

I was rigid too. Kept having to stop on the Kielder red grade bits to allow the cramp in my right hand to go so that I could straighten my little finger. My right hand's a bit swollen today.

The rigid forks hammered my upper body much more than riding a SS hammered my legs.

Very well organised event, but the midges might keep me away again!!

A small plan may be coming together to ease that, if it works should be 100s of thousands instead of 100s of millions. 😛

One thing i didn't do was elevation correction !!

Somehow I completely missed you were on a rigid Mike, that said 536 bikes is a lot to remember. Some how though even that many I was able to remember bikes to people as they came back to the Castle I had a rough idea when they were at Newcastleton in relation to another. But ask a rather important fact from yesterday or even what the wife asked me to do job wise this am and I have no fekn idea.

One thing i didn't do was elevation correction !!

On the profile it won't make it look to much different.

My 705 clocked 165.9km and 3318m of climbing (corrected) if I can sum up the will to beat the midges I'll be back next year…….9:45 riding actual time 10:19, if only i'd not stopped I would have made my 10hr goal and not have to go back again! 😆 Ave.Speed was pleasing at 17km/hr if only that extra few miles……………………..

A small plan may be coming together to ease that, if it works should be 100s of thousands instead of 100s of millions

Nuke them from orbit? Only way to be sure.

Actually, I overheard a bit of the plan while having breakfast in the Duke's Pantry on Sunday morning. Sounded interesting.

A small plan may be coming together to ease that, if it works should be 100s of thousands instead of 100s of millions

A midge eater?
They need to be in place for a couple of weeks before I think but they've had good results elsewhere
A couple of big fans at the castle area wouldn't hurt the effort

Or a helicopter hovering above 😆

Probably Mike but as long as the Southners keep coming they'll leave me alone or it could have been the 3 Indian take aways I had last week.

Coopersport are you French what with this Km and metres rubibsh? 😛

A small plan may be coming together to ease that, if it works should be 100s of thousands instead of 100s of millions

moving the date?

Top ride Andy Cockburn. I think I was still in a state of muttering and swearing to (at?) myself when I finished , and I dont think I congratulated you as I should have!

Neal

I clocked almost 15500ft of climb (4700m) on my Garmin 205 and a smidge less than 103 miles.

Took me 11:35 with one crash and no mechanicals. Would have probably been a bit quicker had I not neglected to suplement my energy drink with water until I realised I'd not pee'd for 6 hours and it then hurt when I tried (OUCH!!). Spent the remainder of the ride trying to take on enough water to avoid complete dehydration but I definitely suffered for it badly between 70 and 80 miles.
I think I rode some of the second 50m with trickydisco (Gav?) and his cheery outlook kept me going (Thanks!).
Awesome adventure, perfect weather and excellent organisation… hoping to be back for more pain next year.

Oh, and Cheers to Mike for his timings sheet thingy….Really glad I had that!

Paul

Ooh those midge eaters look interesting.

The Cafe have fire barrels they use when they do BBQs to keep them under control, they kindly mentioned them yesterday morning to Sara. DOH!