Merida 'Penrith'

Subject: Merida 'Penrith' Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:59 am

Hi,

Has anyone signed up for the Penrith ride yet?

Steve

Subject: Re: Merida 'Penrith' Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:53 am

can't find the right link. the Merida site directs you to another site which sends you back to the Merida site scratch

XT Joined : 27 Oct 2006 Posts : 194 Bike : Scott FX

Paul,
Not sure why you've got a problem but here is the link:

http://www.mtb-marathon.co.uk/events/cumbria.php

And for details of other stuff going on during the weekend:

http://www.lakedistrictoutdoors.co.uk/newsdetail.cfm?newsid=26

Graham

Subject: Re: Merida 'Penrith' Sun Apr 22, 2007 1:56 pm

serious muppetry going on at this end, looked at all the text but not the links at the top of the page!

Subject: Re: Merida 'Penrith' Thu May 03, 2007 9:22 am

So who is doing this ride then?

XT Joined : 27 Oct 2006 Posts : 194 Bike : Scott FX

Subject: Re: Merida 'Penrith' Thu May 03, 2007 6:11 pm

Yeah I'll be there guys, hopefully my cast on my wrist will be taken off by then. Going to attempt the 75km

Subject: Re: Merida 'Penrith' Thu May 03, 2007 10:58 pm

2 more for the 50K

Subject: Re: Merida 'Penrith' Tue May 08, 2007 1:37 pm

I'll be doing the 100k route on Sunday unfortunately a mate of mine has dropped out of the 100k'er due to work commitments, does anyone want to take his place? You'll have to be called Jared Anderson for the duration though.
Steve

Subject: Re: Merida 'Penrith' Wed May 09, 2007 10:58 am

The routes are up and they look very good...

http://www.mtb-marathon.co.uk/home/news1.php#200711

I'm heading up on Friday to my home town (Workington) it's about half hours drive from Penrith. I'll be in Penrith on Saturday to register so whoever is going please give me a bell at some point so we can meet up.

0771 8083532.

Cheers
Steve

XT Joined : 27 Oct 2006 Posts : 194 Bike : Scott FX

Well what a great weekend at the BikeFest in Penrith, well organised, loads going on both biking and non-biking and a good venue. OK so it was a little muddy when the rain came on Friday evening but the beer tent had a raised wooden floor and the tractor load of hay soon soaked up most of the mud around the arena on Saturday.
With over 1200 entries in the Merida on Sunday this was a cracking course slightly muddy in places but some real challenging climbs and no rain on the day until about 5pm. I met up with Gareth of Red Kite fame afterwards, this was his first ever ride in England but he admitted to having to carry his bike up some of the rocky trails and was seriously worried about some of the descents; on top of that he was a whole hour behind the leaders at the 65k stage. For me the 50k (45k) was more than enough, a fall and a slightly sprained wrist slowed me down (is it possible to go any slower you might ask!)But it was a good ride and a great atmosphere. Aviemore, Scotland next Very Happy

Graham

Subject: Re: Merida 'Penrith' Mon May 14, 2007 9:10 pm

I did the full route but was really disappointed with my time of seven hours. I was aiming for a sub 5 but I was held up for the first 45k or so. Stu and I made the mistake of lining up for the race too late so we started at the back and it turned into a fecking nightmare. The 100k route was very difficult especially the extra loop added on for the 100k. I’ve recorded the route so I’ll post it at some point.

Steve

Subject: Re: Merida 'Penrith' Tue May 15, 2007 8:31 am

Subject: Re: Merida 'Penrith' Tue May 15, 2007 8:47 am

Steve check out this LINK

It gives you a step by step guide of how to display a pic. (Alos located in the FORUM HELP section.

Simple really. Just put [img] before the URL where the .jpg is located and [/img] after.

Bit like this picture of Andy Soper on the front of a Tandem:

N.B Do you know 89% of Microsoft Office users do not look on HELP when they need help, and 97% of the answers are on there! Very Happy

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