52.323km with 1096m climb in 3:01:23. Midland mtbo 3 hour score from Winchcombe. A fair bit of overlap with event from Brockhampton Jan 29th. A bit experimental avoiding any max hr effotrs unlike last weekend.
3 distinct bits of area not sure what to do first. Decided on eastern section clockwise so a long flat ride out to first cp then big climb up to top and a load of out and back legs. Back down to town after about 1:25. Decided to do second bit anticlockwise as the northwest corner would not make a good finish so wanted to get it done. Started raining hard on the top and I got soaked for half an hour. Descents got slippery with the rain and climbs tricky when muddy. About 2 hours at 19, Skipped 10 as clearly some bigger pointers had to be missed. Out onto Cleeve common no fog this time sun out. Skipped 13 5 loop fast down from 14 to 22 where the heavens opened again with hail in the mix. Decided to skip 15 which was close as I did not want to have to push the finish too hard and this ensured out and back 28 was possible fairly easily.
4th 448 compared to Jason Howell with 461 so all very close. Will be interesting to see routes as not as all convinced by mine but with the speed I had in Jan it would of been good e.g. 40 more points just needed a bit faster. Max hr 147 I guess it was 15 more last weekend.
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