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badexcuseforasailor Member  Top Poster 2003  Member#: 116 Location: Registered: 26-01-2003 Diary Entries: 357 Mood: wheres the wind? |
25th May 2008 Mt. Biking: Ruthin Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: Sunny rain lots of wind Max Speed: Distance Covered: 55km (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise) All this wind and I go mountain biking! I done the 55km merida at Ruthin , the course was slightly differnet to last year a really technical downhill was changed and the last climb were the two most obvious ones along with the missing out of a bridleway before the first big climb which was a bottleneck last year. I think the changes were an improvement over last year. I had a few moments but managed to stay upright for the whole ride the first grassy descent was well scary I had a clear run and boy was I going quick at the bottom! The second was the ford that I think a lot of people had problems with was like riding across ice it was that slippery had a bit of a wobble but held on. The last scary bit was coming down to the second feed station (on 50km) it was through the trees so a bit dark and someone stuck a camera complete with flash in my face! I hope it was one of the offical photographers cos I really want to see the look of panic! I suffered badly from cramp last year and I almost cramped again this year just got a few niggles so I didn't go stomping on the pedals just spun and pushed the steep bits. Im not sure what the cramping is I had had a bottle of electrolite drink before then drank almost all energy drink other than a litre of water. I had to piss (am I allowed to say that? sorry if Im not) 6 or 7 times during the ride so dehyration isn't the answer. Theres a lot of hills on the Ruthin merida but its got the best post race showers of all the rounds Time was about 4.30 I think |
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