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Thursday, 16 September 2010
Oh yes - I got 7th at the Marathon Champs and I think was the only nutter to do all 5 laps on Saturday and finish the Marathon on the Sunday!
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Southern Champs and Marathon Champs
It's been a while since my last post, partly because of being bad and not posting and partly because the last month has been more riding and less racing. It's been great riding with friends again rather than having to focus on racing for a change.
The calm was broken this last weekend with the double header of the Southern XC Champs on Saturday 11th and the National Marathon Champs on Sunday 12th September. Both races were held at the awesome venue of Pippingford Park, near Gatwick. The course features a load of excellent singletrack, some technical decents and the fabulous 1 mile bermed DH the venue is known for. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to race there for 7.5hrs in 2 days so pre-entered both races weeks in advance. With the weekend approaching, the weather turned and Saturday began with fog and rain. Fearing a Death March (tm) I arrived and thought it better to keep clean and dry than do a practice lap - especially as the course was the same as the Nat Champs in July. Phil came back after his practice with a flat - a fate that would repeat itself come the race, sadly. The race was a frustrating one for me as I could see Billy 30secs ahead for 3 of the 5 laps but, try as I might, I just couldn't bridge the gap. I ended up 4th, only a couple of mins down on Tim in 2nd so was pretty happy, especially after my Friday ride ended early as I just wanted to go to sleep.
After a great night in a local spa hotel (well, it was half price) I was back at Pippingford in the sunshine for the 100km Marathon Champs. Although the field was only some 30 or 40 riders, the quality was high and I knew it would be a hard race as I was feeling Saturday's effort. I led through the first section of trails but just didn't have the legs going up the long climb and dropped back to ride with 4 other riders. Unfortunately, all these riders dropped out and I ended up riding on my own for 3 of the laps. On lap 4, Matt Page caught me up. I was really running out of gas at this point, so I couldn't keep with him and lost 10 mins on the final lap.
I had a brilliant weekend. It was a fantastic course with brilliant facilities and organisation. The entries were lower than usual - the marathon champs don't seem to be attracting the mass market entries it one did. Admittedly I was the week after the Kielder, but even so you could have expected more entries. Events like the Kielder are that much more of a one off challenge for regular riders and so attract more entries. Perhaps the Marathon Champs needs to reflect these one lap enduros - maybe then it would go back to the big event it one was.
GB
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The calm was broken this last weekend with the double header of the Southern XC Champs on Saturday 11th and the National Marathon Champs on Sunday 12th September. Both races were held at the awesome venue of Pippingford Park, near Gatwick. The course features a load of excellent singletrack, some technical decents and the fabulous 1 mile bermed DH the venue is known for. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to race there for 7.5hrs in 2 days so pre-entered both races weeks in advance. With the weekend approaching, the weather turned and Saturday began with fog and rain. Fearing a Death March (tm) I arrived and thought it better to keep clean and dry than do a practice lap - especially as the course was the same as the Nat Champs in July. Phil came back after his practice with a flat - a fate that would repeat itself come the race, sadly. The race was a frustrating one for me as I could see Billy 30secs ahead for 3 of the 5 laps but, try as I might, I just couldn't bridge the gap. I ended up 4th, only a couple of mins down on Tim in 2nd so was pretty happy, especially after my Friday ride ended early as I just wanted to go to sleep.
After a great night in a local spa hotel (well, it was half price) I was back at Pippingford in the sunshine for the 100km Marathon Champs. Although the field was only some 30 or 40 riders, the quality was high and I knew it would be a hard race as I was feeling Saturday's effort. I led through the first section of trails but just didn't have the legs going up the long climb and dropped back to ride with 4 other riders. Unfortunately, all these riders dropped out and I ended up riding on my own for 3 of the laps. On lap 4, Matt Page caught me up. I was really running out of gas at this point, so I couldn't keep with him and lost 10 mins on the final lap.
I had a brilliant weekend. It was a fantastic course with brilliant facilities and organisation. The entries were lower than usual - the marathon champs don't seem to be attracting the mass market entries it one did. Admittedly I was the week after the Kielder, but even so you could have expected more entries. Events like the Kielder are that much more of a one off challenge for regular riders and so attract more entries. Perhaps the Marathon Champs needs to reflect these one lap enduros - maybe then it would go back to the big event it one was.
GB
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Monday, 16 August 2010
Sister Act!
Anna and Imogen Buick take the senior and youth female titles at the Eastern Region MTB championships at Codham Park, Essex. Dad, Phil, finishes fourth vet and 1st 50+ and Mum, Sara Flatt, takes third in the vet women category.
This picture: Imogen's first lap effort (just 10 seconds off the leading two elite/expert women) is beginning to show but she powers on towards the end of the final lap.
Sleepless in the Saddle 2010 - 3 teams, 3 wins!
On a dry and dusty course at Catton Park, Team Salsa managed to take the top step of the podium in the Expert Men (Phil Buick, Nick Owen, James Dalton and Christian Aucote), Expert Women (Sara Flatt, Anna Buick, Helen Findley and Rebecca Cunnell) and Male Pairs (George Budd and Phil Lenney) categories.
Despite a serious lack of competition and thus a slightly more releaxed approach, both expert teams ploughed on for the full 24 hours and racked up some pretty fast and impressively consistant lap times.
George and Phil did have competition in their cayegory but soon blew it away, opting thereafter to challenge the top teams for overall position! Phil was constantly convinced that he would bonk on the next lap, and George was frustrated at times that he was going more slowly than usual (well, der!), yet they managed to lap below 40 minutes for the full 24 hours, significantly quicker than most, and finish third overall. VERY impressive.
We were all thankfull for the dry and warm weather (the only addition to kit for the night laps being an under-jersey), and the support of our pit crew who make these type of events so much easier for us. Also thanks to Rebecca and Christian for stepping in to replace other team members, and to Phil for being the Activ half of the Budd/'Plenney' dream team!
Despite a serious lack of competition and thus a slightly more releaxed approach, both expert teams ploughed on for the full 24 hours and racked up some pretty fast and impressively consistant lap times.
George and Phil did have competition in their cayegory but soon blew it away, opting thereafter to challenge the top teams for overall position! Phil was constantly convinced that he would bonk on the next lap, and George was frustrated at times that he was going more slowly than usual (well, der!), yet they managed to lap below 40 minutes for the full 24 hours, significantly quicker than most, and finish third overall. VERY impressive.
We were all thankfull for the dry and warm weather (the only addition to kit for the night laps being an under-jersey), and the support of our pit crew who make these type of events so much easier for us. Also thanks to Rebecca and Christian for stepping in to replace other team members, and to Phil for being the Activ half of the Budd/'Plenney' dream team!
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