So how did you do in the ardrock? And what a great event!

Superbly organised, great bunch of folk there, good band Saturday night and decent priced food and ale. What’s not to like!

Saw it on Saturday as they routed our sportive past it.

Looked like a good turn out.

Don’t know how I finished, I guess not very well but I bloody loved today. Practice yesterday wasn’t great as I had two crashes on stage 1 😆

Shhhhh….. It was rubbish. Ok?

Agreed. Cracking event and superbly organised. Today’s loop was outstanding. Feeling the burn now.

Really great event, only the 2nd Enduro I’ve done and the 1st for the wife. thought really well organised and marshalled, we managed to get in a campsite 1/2 mile up the road so couldn’t comment on the camping facilities.

Split my tyre half way down stage 1 so was going to throw the towel in (I’m carrying a knee injury so shouldn’t be riding anyway and thought a omen) – I then saw a guy run past me with 2 punctures. I also remembered the guy who I saw on the practice lap yesterday with a prosthetic leg so thought what the hell – SO glad I did, had a great day out.

Looking at the leader board there were already people coming in with sub 17:30min overall so really puts your riding in perspective!

Mine

S1 = 15:15
S2 = 3:22
S3 = 4:33
S4 = 3:59
S5 = 2:44

The Mrs

S1 = 7:01
S2 = 4:15
S3 = 6:10 – she crashed and thought she’d Bryceland’ed her ankle
S4 = 4:45
S5 = 3:22

Had a bloody great time! I was completely average:

S1 6:43
S2 3:45
S3 5:15
S4 4:50
S5 3:13

total : 23:48, riding blind and steadish How the fast boys were doing 17 mins is beyond me!!

I agree whole heartedly, excellent organisation and a great loop. Although that hike out of the gully after S4 lost its appeal quicker than a lurking turd. BUT I’m not winging, had a fantastic ride and spoke to many different folk whom all had a good spirit and stacks of positivity.

If I’m honest I thought the stages were excellent, I didn’t think they would be that technical and peddaly, not far into stage 1 I realised that it was actually quite technical,

Haven’t got a clue where I ended up but there were some Faast guys and girls out there to day.

Absolutely loved the whole thing, despite a largish crash on S1 in practice. My first Enduro and definitely not my last. Great job by the ‘Ard Rock guys.

S1 6.10
S2 3.29
S3 5.01
S4 4.18
S5 2.54
Total 21.53

Brilliant.

Finished well down the ranks, which I’d like to put down to stopping on the final descent to help my mate fix a tube. However my times for the earlier stages suggest my performance was, at best, mediocre.

Loved it and will be back next year.

My very first race. Only did the Ard rock lite on the Saturday due to work commitments but managed 35th overall. Got held up on stage three in the gulley by a nice lady who tried to get out the way bit binned it.
Thoroughly thoroughly impressed but would somebody turn that **** church clock off!!!

From the other side of the tape, myself and a bunch of my SingletrAction compatriots had huge fun marshalling you this weekend – we were mostly the loud shouty ones!

Everyone was great, good sense of humour – even when jiggered, loads of fun to chat with, awesome and considerate to one another. Great watching people stretch their riding and achieve something surprising.

Big thanks to organisers for the chance to be involved again.

Big shout out to all those who high fived little Milo on the road after the pub on Saturday who was helping direct people the right way, whoever it was did it while wheelying, YOU MADE HIS DAY!

We’ll see you all next year!

my dad was there, him of the 29er heckler (link below) came 97th/212 on the timed 35km loop,

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/29er-heckler-have-we-done-this-yet

Gutted l couldn’t make it

I’ll be queuing for entry next year again

Fantastic event and my 1st Enduro, so roll on next year , average timings apart from a huge off on S5 but bloody and battered I I still loved it !

S1 5.17
S2 3.42
S3 4.02
S4 4.00
S5 4.48

The marshals were amazing! Really really cool of folk to give up their weekend for us. 😀

Dirtyrider where did you pick that photo up from? Are there any official ones available?

Thoroughly enjoyed the whole weekend 🙂
No crashes, no punctures and no mechanicals!
Feeling a bit sunburnt though.

S1 5.59
S2 3.30
S3 3.30
S4 4.14
S5 3.04

Total 21:49.50

Awesome day out with the lads with my fiancé cheering as best you can with a buggy in the dales!

I was going great guns on stage 4 till I lost my bike down the side of a hill and had to go chasing it. In the end finished with 19:46 or something, bloody one second slower than my mate who would not let me past for love nor money on stage 5 despite being inches off his bloody wheel. Bastard 😀

Great days racing, thanks to all involved

Some photos are up on roots and rain already. No results yet,hopefully the lads are enjoying a well deserved beer first.

@wrighttyson eventphotos.co.uk

Yep, been an ace weekend. The stages were amazing, so much fun to ride.
S1 – 5.39
S2 – 3.22
S3 – 4.36
S4 – 3.54
S5 – 2.30
Overall – 20.01

Aching to see the full results to see how I’ve faired.

A great event and a super atmosphere. Disappointed not to get in for the Sunday ( and did anyone do both cause that’s what we were hoping to do!), but the Saturday race was sweet. Made the most of the event village too- just the weather for a post race beer.

My times, as I’ve finally emptied the car and found the slip:

S1 – 5.52
S2 – 3.24
S3 – 4.43
S4 – 3.59
S5 – 2.41
Overall – 20.30

Total: 230.48

slimporcini – Member
Aching to see the full results to see how I’ve faired.

Me to. Talking of aching, my bodies in bits 😀

Had an absolute brilliant time, all things considered for the amount you paid it is exception value for money.

Can’t wait for next year already…

Cracking weekend, really enjoyed it, thanks to all marshals and volunteers.
Stage 5 was just so much fun, I wanted to go back up for another go!
Heres my times,

S1 5.27
S2 2.57
S3 4.10
S4 3.38
S5 2.28
Total 18.41

Now sat at home aching legs, with some dodgy chafing, enjoying a loweswater gold! 😀

Yeah, dunno what it was about today but my arse is killing me!

I can see it becoming part of our family’s summer.
Any idea how the dad and daughter tandem got on? Mates were camping near them and couldn’t believe our eyes.

I can see it becoming part of our family’s summer.
Any idea how the dad and daughter tandem got on? Mates were camping near them and couldn’t believe our eyes.

Guy Kesteven and his daughter on the Nicolai tandem, they are awesome on that, he rode a few rounds of the nutcracker on that last year, and his daughter was handing out jelly babies as they roared past you!!

Such a brilliant weekend. loved all the stages, the terrain is awesome. the transitions were a bastard but the Atmosphere and the weather made it. Also good of the caterers not to pull your pants down too much either.

Bring on king & queen!

Great event but a pretty shit day for me today, been suffering with flu all week and got round the practice loop yesterday okay but it really took it out of me more than I thought and I blew up on the first climb today, just after the road section hot and cold sweats, dizziness, snot streaming down my face, gasping for breath
Started stage 1 reasonably okay but ended up limping down barely able to stay on the bike
Went back to the start and flaked out in the back of the car for the rest of the afternoon
Need to return next year as the stages seemed spot on in terms of technicality and my (normal) ability

Big shout out to all those who high fived little Milo on the road after the pub on Saturday who was helping direct people the right way, whoever it was did it while wheelying, YOU MADE HIS DAY!

Can’t claim the wheelie but his high five and beaming grin kept me going at a point where I was considering throwing in the towel, so thanks Milo

Results are up on sportident website.
29th in masters for me, 78th overall. Very happy with that. 😀

Big shout out for the marshall with the cowbell at the start of Stage 2… Would sir like the cowbells?

Brilliant.

That’s a mint result samscamsdad. Nice one! I finished 70th in the senior class and 210th overall. Buzzing! Best result yet for me.

I had a great run down S1, everything else was ok. Happy enough with my placing, 19:36.

Pretty impressed by the event overall. Only thing really missing was a mid-route feed stop.

It was a fantastic event. 39th in the All mountain event on the saturday so I am not disappointed, I have a stupid crash on the flat trail to the top of stage 5 which robbed me of a few mins I reckon. I have no idea what happened. It was nice to do it in the sun after last years misty damp affair, however seeing how far you have to climb on some of the long climbs was a bit disheartening!

The event village was brilliant and really nice to not have to pay over the odds for food from the catering van. Well done to all involved. I will be back next year (with bigger wheels for extra speed- possibly).

Pinch flats on stages 1 & 3 bolloxed my time up, lost about 13 minutes i reckon. Still in no danger of troubling the fast boys flats or not, but a pain in the arris nonetheless! Great weekend though, every stage was clearly well thought out and the whole event went like clockwork. I’ll be back next year – tubeless 🙂

Where do you find the pics for the weekend ?

271st in the end, having never done anything competitive before I’m happy with that. I was hoping for top half, so mission accomplished.

Great event. Stages were superb. Transitions were horrible. Didn’t help that overnight from Saturday I picked up some virusy thing. Spent the event feeling slightly sick and with absolutely no energy – after stage 1 pretty much had to walk every bit of uphill and had no power for any pedally bits. Was never going to trouble the podium, but a bit disappointed in my times nonetheless.

Having said that, still enjoyed the downhill bits and will be staying up to get my entry for next year.

494th overall, 210th in Masters.
22:54.15 total
S1 6:22.47
S2 3:44.77
S3 5:11.82
S4 4:34.51
S5 3:00.58

Relatively rubbish in the grand scheme of things, but I felt I rode everything about as fast as I could have, apart from taking a detour on S3, so I’m pretty happy with it. Great organisation, bigger than last year, better course, and better weather. Cracking event. 😀