{"id":547,"date":"2009-05-07T22:20:06","date_gmt":"2009-05-07T21:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=547"},"modified":"2009-05-07T22:20:33","modified_gmt":"2009-05-07T21:20:33","slug":"event-report-dw-summer-league-1-castleton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=547","title":{"rendered":"Event Report – D&W Summer League #1 – Castleton"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\"\"Driving over to Castleton from Altrincham is always a nightmare, trying to get through Stockport at rush hour, but the closure of Winnats pass made me very late, bringing\u00a0with it a danger\u00a0 finishing the event\u00a0in the dark.
\nThe wind at the top of the pass looked very strong and I made a mental note of its direction ready for a route decision at the start. Although there was a good turn out at the event centre, the public car park in Castleton, I didn’t have to queue and managed to get\u00a0started by 6.30 in the end. Thinking of the SW wind I set off on a clockwise route clearing the controls as I went but decided to leave the one on Mam Tor itself, which perhaps was a mistake and as being worth 15 points I should have left a 10 pointer out instead. The wind on the tops was horrendous and at one stage I found myself leaning right over into it in order to avoid being blown off the bike. Coming down off of the last hill I decided I just had time to grab a last 10 point control If I wasn’t more than 6 mins late. Coming in at 2.05.35 I\u00a0perhaps cut\u00a0it a little close but still ended up 3 points better off.
\nWith a week to go till the selection races for the National Team I deliberately didn’t push too hard on the\u00a0early climbs and didn’t take any chances on the descents, so was quite happy with 5th.<\/p>\n

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Driving over to Castleton from Altrincham is always a nightmare, trying to get through Stockport at rush hour, but the closure of Winnats pass made me very late, bringing\u00a0with it a danger\u00a0 finishing the event\u00a0in the dark. The wind at the top of the pass looked very strong and I made a mental note of … <\/p>\n

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