Photos now uploaded: SITS Photos

Just managed to get those elbows out in time, that was lucky 🙂

Really really enjoyed it this year. Prefered the shorter course as it meant you could litterly attack at full pelt.

Best moment for me though was my team mate coming in at 23:20 and knowing that I had to do a sub 40 lap. Anyway I got in with 8 seconds to go before the horn went! 9 laps in total, 34 for the team. If it wasn’t for 2 mechanicals rendering 1 bike completly unridable we’d have probably done a little better.

Njee20 – Where did you come?

Joolze – Photos look great! I’ll be popping an order in 🙂

Are the offical results up yet? I’ve had a look but couldn’t find them…

Some of us still hadn’t finished by then.
19 laps.
238km in 24:50 with 19:24 moving time
17th solo male.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/104755121
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/104756012

My favourite course of the three 24s I’ve done this year.

Well done. That’s a cracking result.

It was my first solo. I managed a comfortable 14 laps. No sleep but I did take some leisurely meal breaks and indulged in a slow-motion last lap and a spot of lurking. I was surprised how enjoyable it was.

Njee20 – Where did you come?

2nd, in Mixed teams, and overall. Chuffed really, the Elite guys were plain quicker than us, I had a great time, most enjoyable 24 for a long time!

We are just awaiting the official results. As soon as we have them they will be up for you 🙂

Best moment for me though was my team mate coming in at 23:20 and knowing that I had to do a sub 40 lap. Anyway I got in with 8 seconds to go before the horn went!

Ah, that was you was it?! Got that changeover on video, nice work.
I really enjoyed the weekend, it was a great event.

Except the food again – please can we have someone other than Quavers, they’re shit! Utter incomprehension when it came to using the coffee machine, crap service, mediocre food. PLEASE Pat, bring back Wilf’s, have a proper coffee wagon there, anyone other than that lot again.

Utter incomprehension when it came to using the coffee machine, crap service, mediocre food

and no bloody Chips !!!!!!

(sorry, French Fries for you southerners)

Does anyone say French Fries in the UK!? They’re crisps made by Walkers shirley?

Quavers are very very slow, which is my number one problem, the food is alright, but no better! The burger I had at the end was fairly good!

Anyway I got in with 8 seconds to go before the horn went!

That was good form, well done! Had to go around all the lurkers too on the final corner, how did your team mate feel!?

2nd, in Mixed teams, and overall

njee – what kind of lap times were you guys at the top end doing? 40ish
was good for us (first two being 38), so guess you were consistently sub40?

Seriously well done btw !

results are up 🙂

My reports and piccies can be found here

what kind of lap times were you guys at the top end doing? 40ish

About this: 😉

George Budd 1 00:38:40
George Budd 2 00:34:38
Phil Lenney 3 00:37:29
Phil Lenney 4 00:38:06
Nick Evans 5 00:38:23
Nick Evans 6 00:39:40
Phil Buick 7 00:39:28
Phil Buick 8 00:47:00
Anna Buick 9 00:49:42
George Budd 10 00:38:43
George Budd 11 00:39:53
Phil Lenney 12 00:41:46
Phil Lenney 13 00:50:39
Nick Evans 14 00:44:18
Nick Evans 15 00:43:49
Phil Buick 16 00:44:24
Phil Buick 17 00:44:34
Anna Buick 18 00:47:31
George Budd 19 00:39:33
George Budd 20 00:40:12
Phil Lenney 21 00:43:50
Phil Lenney 22 00:43:17
Nick Evans 23 00:41:44
Nick Evans 24 00:42:09
Phil Buick 25 00:44:14
Phil Buick 26 00:44:52
Anna Buick 27 00:45:01
George Budd 28 00:36:25
George Budd 29 00:37:02
Phil Lenney 30 00:39:11
Phil Lenney 31 00:40:01
Nick Evans 32 00:38:35
Phil Buick 33 00:40:58
Anna Buick 34 00:47:01
Anna Buick 35 00:43:28

So, 38-45 on the whole, a 50 with a puncture in the night, and a couple of 47s!

Edit: Giles Drake did a 33:59 for his last lap. Cap… dothed.

Results up now: Sleepless website

We will have the results up here too shortly with searchable bits and fancy calculations so you can work out who was the average slowest and stuff like that 😉

Njee – Great result! Bet your happy with that. A 34 min lap is great! My best was a 37min. I was determined to get around my last lap in time. Funny thing is we only just worked out it could be possible! So my teammate who was after me had already had a shower/got changed etc… he wasn’t “that” annoyed I don’t think 😆

As I came through the bombholes near the finsih I could see all the lurkers! I was very worried that I wouldn’t be able to get through, however shouting seemed to work!

Crazy-legs – I’d love to see that video if possible? Was made even more difficult because I had to give him my bike as well as his was broken! Could you email it? Youtube if easier? Thanks!

And suspiciously Joolze didn’t get any photos of me or Mark. We did race, honest! 🙂

So… who clotheslined those two narrow trees in the singletrack? There were a lot of chunks out of the bark at about handlebar height?

Sadly the 34 minute lap belongs to Gee, best I could muster was three 38s, so you were quicker!

The support was great at the end, we were shouting for you to get in 🙂

No I did get at least one of Mark though admittedly he was riding away from me!!!
Mark

and you may very well be in this one or one like it…
Chipps

Honest;0)

So… who clotheslined those two narrow trees in the singletrack? There were a lot of chunks out of the bark at about handlebar height?

Didn’t go over the bars, but did wallop a few trees especially those two narrow ones. Not sure 730mm bars are the way fwd on tight woody singletrack. 🙄

Ah I see! i’m not sure I could have gone 3 minutes faster, such a good effort!

I couldn’t beleive it, as I came through near the finsh people were really shouting! I wasn’t sure if it was for me to get in, in time. But it certainly helped!!

I think everyone walloped a few trees, I certainly did, can imagine it was very ‘interesting’ on 730mm bars!

I raced round with 810mm bars – some of those gaps were “interestingly tight” especially at night with slippery roots.

Top half! Woo-hoo!

Will, a photo of you raggin through with a few sec to go
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/hx6LqS5YYA4J-yhctc3StA?feat=directlink

😆 Brilliant! I look dead!

Crazy-legs – I’d love to see that video if possible? Was made even more difficult because I had to give him my bike as well as his was broken! Could you email it? Youtube if easier? Thanks!

Will, there’s about 3.5hrs of footage which needs paring down to make a proper 3-4min video. I’ll post a link on here when it’s been edited and is actually “proper”. It’s not me editing it BTW, I just shot it! Should be up within a day or so…

Sounds great, look forward to it! Thanks.

Were you in the ‘dog leg’ through the horse obstacle thingy before you turned right, back into the arena at halfway? Someone was filming there when I rode past once.

I was in various places at various times! Black Singletrack T-shirt (or a black Endura jacket on Saturday). Was so busy looking through a tiny video screen that I didn’t have chance to recognise people!

Dunno, was going too quickly 🙂

Anyone know where to find any other photos? Saw several people taking photos throughout the weekend (joolzed, had a look through yours but there aren’t any of me – some excellent shots though)

Handlebar scrapes, helmet took a heavy blow once! 😯

The official photos are here 🙂

1800 rider pictures here

linky not working Rob

thanks not sure what happened there but its up now 🙂

Ta

34mins for GB? did he stop for a tea break? 😉

I played ‘human pinball’ in the narrow sections on the majority of my 26laps.

My shoulders look very red today.

Reckon I must break the lens’ – that’s 2 years on the trot Joolz seems have not shot me!

Scouring Robs pics now!