{"id":2575,"date":"2011-04-11T22:43:09","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T21:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=2575"},"modified":"2011-04-11T22:43:09","modified_gmt":"2011-04-11T21:43:09","slug":"mtbo-camp-night-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=2575","title":{"rendered":"MTBO Camp Night race"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It was a bit of a shock to the system after a mornings training and an afternoon sprint race to be donning smelly cycling kit to go out after our evening meal for the longest race of the day, a night middle distance race.<\/p>\n

Even more of a shock was the provision of a colour photocopied 1:15 thou map not 1:10 as advertised on the start line which we all really struggled to read, particularly the brown roads which were invisible. Although there was practically no climb the stiff breeze and sandy conditions on many of the tracks made the going very hard at times.<\/p>\n

I rode fairly cleanly, just stopping to much and just wobbled on a couple of controls, struggling to read the detail on the map but it was my legs that were the problem tonight. Not so much sore, but just very tired which made my navigation even more careful. I was really hungry all the way round, and my slow pace made it worse the longer I was out. I’m not sure if it is a hangover from being ill, or doing too much in the day as I certainly felt I had eaten enough.<\/p>\n

The course snaked its way round the plantations of this army training area and included off track riding on some solid yellow areas and some intensive navigation in the dense forest blocks.<\/p>\n

Turning for home after number 27 was a relief with the wind behind me for just a short while and I was glad to finish feeling completely drained. Rather than going to bed straight away, a few of us treated ourselves to post race analysis with a well deserved beer in the officers mess which went down very well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was a bit of a shock to the system after a mornings training and an afternoon sprint race to be donning smelly cycling kit to go out after our evening meal for the longest race of the day, a night middle distance race. Even more of a shock was the provision of a colour … <\/p>\n

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