{"id":1482,"date":"2010-05-08T19:21:03","date_gmt":"2010-05-08T18:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=1482"},"modified":"2010-05-10T09:40:33","modified_gmt":"2010-05-10T08:40:33","slug":"british-mtbo-championships-middle-drumlanrig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=1482","title":{"rendered":"British MTBO Championships-Middle-Drumlanrig"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The British MTBO champs moved back up north to Scotland\u00a0this year. Ex-British Squad\u00a0riders Phil Winskill and Janine Inman planned and organised the Middle race held at Drumlanrig Woods. Drumlanrig Castle and Country Estate<\/a>\u00a0is set in the beautiful rolling Dumfriesshire hills and was bathed in sunlight as we arrived. The views out from the castle over the estate’s parkland and forests were spectacular as a good turn out of Britian’s top riders met, awaiting their start times.<\/p>\n

Following my crash\u00a0two weeks ago, whilst competing in Hungary, my ribs had not really got any less painful (probably an indication of some cracks rather than bruising) and post British Orienteering Champs fatigue had left me feeling not in the greatest shape. A lurking chesty cough then materialized on Thursday, adding to the woe.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Starting the race I rode strongly up the first two hills, not feeling too bad, although splits show that those thaking\u00a0the risky route along a difficult-to-ride track on the way to number 1 had much faster times. I rode cleanly until a mistake on an unmarked track at number 4 cost me perhaps a minute but\u00a0it was after number 5 that I started to feel the effects of my chest. Splits show I lost time on the climbs up to 6 and 7, and I made a small, silly error on the way to 8 costing me another 30 seconds. At this point, eventual winner Killian Lomas came past on a mission. I managed to stay with him for a couple of controls but he slowly pulled away and, although my heart rate was not that high, there was nothing I could do about it.<\/p>\n

The course dropped down into the parkland for the last few controls which\u00a0took us through\u00a0 grassy hollows off-track via some controls on ‘proper’ orienteering features to the finish. At the end my legs were like lead and I really struggled into the finish feeling quite downhearted\"\"<\/a>\u00a0at my performance, in fact my split to the finish from the last control was one of the slowest. Downloading although obviously disappointed with 8th I was\u00a0cheered by the fact that\u00a0I wasn’t too far behind and given my condition.<\/p>\n

I went back out for a bumble warm down to collect controls and enjoyed the\u00a0lovely scenery some more, before heading back down the M6 for a comfy bed rather than camping,\u00a0\u00a0to get ready for Sundays long race……<\/p>\n

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The British MTBO champs moved back up north to Scotland\u00a0this year. Ex-British Squad\u00a0riders Phil Winskill and Janine Inman planned and organised the Middle race held at Drumlanrig Woods. Drumlanrig Castle and Country Estate\u00a0is set in the beautiful rolling Dumfriesshire hills and was bathed in sunlight as we arrived. The views out from the castle over … <\/p>\n

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