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Re: Spot Watch Me - Border 350 ITT

Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 11:57 am
by Bearbonesnorm
Borders 350 I will be back!
That's the spirit :-bd

Re: Spot Watch Me - Border 350 ITT

Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 2:28 pm
by Mark E
Sorry to hear it didn’t work out Karl. As others have said, it’s a great route and one that I will hopefully have another go at later in the year.

Re: Spot Watch Me - Border 350 ITT

Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 3:43 pm
by fatbikephil
Good effort Karl, it'll be nice and warm and dry for the group start so have another shot then :mrgreen:
ianfitz wrote:It is a really good route which doesn’t get the traffic it deserves.
Aye cos its so hard only Ray has made it past Day 3 :lol:

Re: Spot Watch Me - Border 350 ITT

Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 3:45 pm
by jamiep
It's been snowing again that way today so scratching was the right choice

Re: Spot Watch Me - Border 350 ITT

Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 5:04 pm
by AlasdairMc
As a crazy coincidence, this was the weekend when I tried and failed at the Borders 220. Horrible conditions and slow going, I got to Greensykes last night to a roaring fire, and with a heavy snowfall overnight the miles and miles of gravel to look forward to was mushy and slow. Game over when I got to the A7, then I just rolled back on the road (still another 50 miles though).

Having done the Beeftub push twice, will I do it again?

Re: Spot Watch Me - Border 350 ITT

Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 8:19 pm
by Ray Young
Unfortunately Karl the winds were very much against you. The prevailing winds blow the other way 80% of the time so would normally prove to be an asset.
Glad to hear you'll be back, :-bd .

Re: Spot Watch Me - Border 350 ITT

Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 12:47 pm
by Karl
Ray I'm not letting you beat me with this route!!!

Re: Spot Watch Me - Border 350 ITT

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 10:56 pm
by Howard
Karl wrote:Ray I'm not letting you beat me with this route!!!
Karl, good to hear :-bd

Quite sobering stats for this route given I'm signed up for the Group 350 and I'm not as fit as I have been the last couple of years! Surely the conditions will be kinder in July.....

Ray - I've never used SpotWalla - but thought Karl's page with the route in red is great. Are you planning any shared Location Page for the Group starts or is everyone just doing their own thing?