Doing the full distance for both.
Done the mtb one 3 times before and it is fantastic. Did the double for the first time last year. Got reasonable times for both (5 hours) but it was sunny July not wet May.
The national champs are going off slightly ahead of the main field. I don’t have a BC race licence so didn’t enter, that and I would be an hour behind Nick anyway and the fast non BC guys would be coming past.
BBC says dry but cool on both days, cold overnight. From experience if the ground is wet some bits of it will get really chewed up if you are in the latter half of the field.
Anyone doing the sportive on Saturday want to ride as a group. Thinking of around 6 hours to spare my legs for Sunday.