Kielder 100

Mike – I assume the right-hand one is the actual times – no?

Left hand sticker was super-optimistic 10mph average 🙂

Mike was 10mph your average speed or is that what is/was required??

The cut offs were based around an 8mph average. I actually managed 7.1 in the end.

Ouch, just done the sums – assuming 50 miles up and 50 down (reasonable starting assumption given it starts and finishes in the same place), 15,000 feet is an average 5.7% gradient – for 50 miles all in.

Why did I enter this again?

I only recorded about 11,500 feet of climbing on my Polar if accurate – which I doubt given the previous posts! Did every one else get circa 15,000 feet?

Please can Glenn be right

Just signed up!

Now trying to combine some other events into a gradual buildup to focus the training a bit.

Being a complete numpty, I was planning on doing this on a Wolf Trail, take it that's going to be a bit heavy?

NUMPTY ALERT

*runs away from the computer*

32:18 on my SS 29er last year.

Holy random thread resurrection Batman!

In my very humble opinion it's not worth doing any rides over 75-80 miles in training – better off doing plenty 5-7 hour rides at a good pace. Big miles often equals a higher chance of injury.

Yesp, that'd be me.
R knee now in re-hab. Damn.

FWIW – I think something like 4 laps of Dalby's Red route will give you a taste of the kind of punishment you'll encounter. If you manage 4 without much trouble with a decent lap time, the MKielder 100 should be be manageable.

Last year I rode a HT, this year a full sus' since it simply makes life a little easier on the body.