neilj
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Post by neilj on Sept 2, 2008 13:00:40 GMT
Anyone doing this on the 14th? This will be my thrid Merida this year if i take part. Has anyone done the Penrith before?
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Post by sunbeamgls on Sept 15, 2008 17:10:17 GMT
Argghhh, wish I'd spotted this thread last week! I didn't do the mtb, but I did do the Saturday Sportive and camped over Friday and Saturday night. Didn't take the mtb with me either, as I would've been tempted to have a go on Sunday, despite the legs not being in a fit state to go more than about 5 miles!
The route seemed to include some deeply muddy fields / bogs which must've been hard work and most bikes came back caked in a seriously thick and sticky layer of grassy mud.
Venue was good and it was a great atmosphere camping in the thick of it all. The sportive was a good route to (I did the 50 miler which turned out to be 55 miles for the first of us back due to some very bad arrow placement near the end....) but the road bike looked like it had done the Marin with all the rubbish there was on the road.
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