{"id":2149,"date":"2010-10-31T18:41:57","date_gmt":"2010-10-31T17:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=2149"},"modified":"2010-11-02T23:18:50","modified_gmt":"2010-11-02T22:18:50","slug":"2149","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=2149","title":{"rendered":"Sherwood Pines MTBO"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>After a few months break the British MTBO scene is now in full swing again with not only racing at Sherwood Pines this weekend but a double header of Mountain Bike Orienteering in the Lake District next weekend.
\n\tI arrived fairly early to help organiser and planner Killian with the Sportident timing which meant I got a late start which Killian assured me would be beneficial as many leaves had fallen obscuring the tracks over the last few days.
\n\tI started strongly certainly helped by recognising many of the tracks having ridden at the Sherwood Pines centre many times, Dark and White challenges, British and Midland XC races and recreational riding over the years. The course on two maps wound its way around the area and was characterised by long route choice legs. I had a fairly clean ride on the first map, just hesitating at a couple of unmarked tracks and a wobble on number 8 but was pleased to be still going strong at map changeover, number 16. I promptly fluffed number 18 not looking at the map enough but then noticed John Houlihan in the distance on the way to the next. I slowly wound him in till I eventually caught him at number 22 with a great standing punch which saw me pull away. We then pretty much raced head to head till the finish, though unfortu\"\"<\/a>nately losing time at number 24 after missing the indistinct track the control was on.
\n\tJohn beat me into the finish by a few seconds after I tried to take a short cut through some boulders, muppet!
\n\tDownloading I was pleased with 4th, just 8 secs down on 3rd and 30 secs down on 2nd , though I always seem to be on the wrong side of these tight results not making the podium.
\n\tIt was a great event by Killian, Sherwood Pines delivering huge smiles as always from the fast singletracks on offer. It was also good to see lots of newbies but I think its probably time we have another look at what’s on offer for those new to the sport so we do not get so many retirals.
\n\tresults available here, though I will get some splits up when I get the kit back from Killian.
\n\thttp:\/\/www.bmbo.org.uk\/images\/event\/a77e489b27733c94bb8169d73482015b.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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After a few months break the British MTBO scene is now in full swing again with not only racing at Sherwood Pines this weekend but a double header of Mountain Bike Orienteering in the Lake District next weekend. I arrived fairly early to help organiser and planner Killian with the Sportident timing which meant I got … <\/p>\n

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