{"id":1120,"date":"2010-01-31T20:44:11","date_gmt":"2010-01-31T19:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=1120"},"modified":"2010-01-31T22:39:11","modified_gmt":"2010-01-31T21:39:11","slug":"event-report-dark-white-mbo-score-linacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=1120","title":{"rendered":"Event Report – Dark & White MBO Score – Linacre"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I woke to a surprising inch of snow this morning and, for about 30 minutes, wondered if I ought to attempt to get to Chesterfield for the event. A quick look at the traffic cameras on traffic England<\/a>\u00a0for the M1 showed no snow so off I went but some of the roads, particularly the A38 near Burton, were treacherous until I got north of Derby.<\/p>\n

I have ridden here twice before and knew a few of the tracks but the area to the south was new to me. I decided to head north first after clearing t\"\"he centre. After a scrappy start getting into the map scale (I had been riding on 1:15,000 for the previous two days mapping) and making a couple of daft errors I hoovered up the central controls so as to keep my options open at the end. I think perhaps I should have left #6 as the tracks were awful and it involved a stiff climb back out.\u00a0A particular\u00a0problem in this area is the horses and the way they churn up some of the tracks. They were everywhere, and I spent a couple of frustrating minutes getting past a particularly large group on a lane going to number 4. I was going to leave number 21 but decided at the last moment to blast up and get it, which lost me about 4 minutes, as I had to double back. My route then took me up on to the moor where I was treated by amazing views in all directions and fast riding with a small tail wind. After being worried I was biting off more that I could chew I started to cover the ground much more quickly and had lots of options on the way in to get the timing right.<\/p>\n

In the end I was 3 minutes and 1 second late and in 5thplace, but was very pleased with my ride overall, particularly the way I was climbing the hills. It seems the winter strength training is starting to pay off.<\/p>\n

Stats – 55km riding, 1100 metres climbing.<\/p>\n

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I woke to a surprising inch of snow this morning and, for about 30 minutes, wondered if I ought to attempt to get to Chesterfield for the event. A quick look at the traffic cameras on traffic England\u00a0for the M1 showed no snow so off I went but some of the roads, particularly the A38 … <\/p>\n

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