What?
Sorry to bring you yet more bad news.
Teenagers on bikes in the woods do not care about a middle aged man’s crisis over how many pedal revolutions his device counts either.

Rorschach answered your question correctly and succinctly.

There was no negativity or irritability in my reply. Just good truthful advice. I am a realist rather than a fantasist. I apologise if you feel hurt by my words.

No one cares what cadence you pedal at.
No one cares what your Vo2 max is.
And no one cares what power wattage you put out.
No one except yourself.
You’re a mid pack no-hoper.
You always will be.
Accept it and move on.

If you don’t believe me. Tell your story to your own mother and watch her expression glaze over before your very eyes.

Kids are sound. They just don’t realise the impact their behaviour has in the wider sense. As above. speak to them. gain their respect* and educate them as to why not to leave litter.

*with a good attitude this part should be quite easy as you built the place and I presume. are probably decent rider.

I have to do exactly this every couple of years with the local teenagers at my local spot. this year I’d turn up in the evening to find they’d been building fires and leaving them burning (presumably to go home for tea). building jumps and berms blocking paths used by local dog walkers. digging and leaving daft holes to make their little kickers to no landing… bless! and as with your place littering everywhere.
it’s just how teenage minds work. Don’t get angry over it.

what’s the difference between riding this in a DH race or an enduro? (

For you personally? From the sounds of things. Possibly nothing.
But do you honestly think Leov’s EWS time would be the same on that stage as it would had it been an identically taped UCI World Cup held on the same track?

Shitey sloggy/uphill sections as part of a gravity event aside. The biggest difference between an Enduro and DH race as I see it is utilisation of allotted practice.
Traditionally Downhill racing is meant to be all down to that one final run. Over the course of a DH event you have a set time to scope out the taped course beforehand, decide line choices/options, ground consistency. risk Vs glory etc. Set time to practice lines, confirm ground consistency/condition, make equipment choice etc. piece it all together and memorise the run you’d like to put down as perfectly as possible when the beeps start.
Enduro is clearly more about consistency over the various stages. Yes. the format is somewhat similar. Only minimal practice *seems* to be the order of the day where allotted practice times allow not much more than a sighting run of each stage to learn the stages, note tricky sections, where to rest/push/stay safe etc. to prepare yourself for race day.

Those differences probably sound quite subtle don’t they? The way they play out can actually be pretty HUGE.
DH is all about fractions of a second throughout one run. Enduro (naturally) is about Seconds per stage. Perhaps minutes per race.
They are different disciplines and as such require a different approach. This to me is so obvious I’m not even sure why anyone argues about it.

Out of interest. Where did you place in each discipline on that “easy” stage in each race?

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* for the purpose of the point I’m trying to explain here. I’ve chosen to ignore the fact a large portion of the UK field head out sneakily practising (or even built) the race stages weeks/months beforehand.

That’s why Katy Winton, enduro podium-botherer, could turn up for an SDA round on an enduro bike and win- her first dh race ever. She didn’t quite get it, she was spotted riding up the hill instead of waiting for the bus.

Are you referring to one of the final rounds of the SDA at Inners back in 2011?
I remember that well… Scotland’s leading female DH racer (at the time) was not very happy being beaten by her chirpy wee XC pal.
Interestingly a young Kenta Galagher also raced that event (I seem to remember the two of them had a break in their XC race schedules so were doing it for a bit of fun). Kenta podiumed in Senior. Obviously enjoyed himself and has now left XC and gone on to become a top 20 threat at WC level DH.

FWIW Will Longden also used to ride up at innerleithen races back when he was the third highest ranked Brit DH rider and I saw Tracy Moseley do the same at Midlands DH races. And no one “got” DH more than those two.

They may both be classed as gravity sports but other than that Enduro to DH isn’t such a simple (or fair) comparison to make.
They’re actually fairly different types of race. At the top of their game competitors in both are extremely fit (but in slightly different ways).
DH at the top level is all about piecing together that one perfect run by practising, analysing and dissecting the track into micro sections. Learning and riding the line choices you’ve made. piecing it all together and when the beeps start trying to put down as close to a 100% run as you can manage without blowing up or crashing. (World champs even more so)
I’m no expert but isn’t Enduro (meant to be) raced after only minimal practice? over multiple and far longer stages. This must result in each stage having to be ridden far more within your limits than a DH race run. Especially as you’re looking for consistency over the multiple stages? In some ways it “could” be a far purer racing format the DH. (if the courses really were only pre-ridden during official practice – which we all know they’r not) Unfortunately the format to me.. just kills flair, flamboyancy and risk taking. Pretty much all the things that drew me towards DH in the first place.
Watching Sam Hill ride that far under his former limit kinda saddens me.

Personally I struggle to understand why folk will pay £60 to basically ride an XC route you could any other weekend (or the same evening if they really wanted) ride for free. Over paying £15 more to have 2 days of uplifts and ride a properly marshalled/Medic’d track in a environment you’d learn and progress faster on. But then I struggle to understand a lot of the choices enthusiasts in modern cycling make.

It’s a real shame for the SDA and BDS but if they’re losing money they really have no choice but to cancel events and cut their losses. Sad times. (but still have the great memories)