HT550 2021

[ScotRoutes]

She's blipped in the Bealach Dubh

[ScotRoutes]

FWIW it's currently a lovely evening. The best weather in a few days. I expect most will be cracking on and taking advantage of it.

[Escape Goat]

I've had a rubbish tablet open on DotWatcher.CC all day in work, I can't believe the mileage in the time elapsed from the top few.

When I go to sleep, I wake up and it's the first thing I check, I love to see who rode through the night whilst I was all tucked up.

[BobCatMax]

Agreed, it's astonishing. I'm assuming there's some pretty amazing elevation figures too? Can't quite see a way of figuring it out from trackleaders

[Verena]

Andrea Rodgers :)

Thank you!

Been travelling back from Anglesey today, so have some dot watching catching up to do

[jay91]

As Liam will have started in the last group he's overtaken the whole field. If you were riding and didn't know who he was I wonder how it feels to have someone on a clunker* pass you and disappear into the distance

*In no way am I putting down the Stooge Scrambler, it's a great bike, but it's miles away from a carbon race whippet with all the latest parts, quite literally in this case

He's not hanging around on that ss

[slarge]

Day 1 - (the first 120-140 miles) will be over 4500m of climbing. Then it settles down a bit.......

[FLV]

Very impressive as usual. I wonder how many will sleep before midnight!

[BobCatMax]

Especially as when they pass you look at that rear cassette and see just one cog

[BobCatMax]

Day 1 - (the first 120-140 miles) will be over 4500m of climbing. Then it settles down a bit.......

Damn

[Dave Barter]

He’s going to get to Contin at this rate

[slarge]

Day 1 - (the first 120-140 miles) will be over 4500m of climbing. Then it settles down a bit.......

Damn

sorry, just checked a few day 1 rides - when they get to Loch ma Stack (where Liam is now) it's around 3800m, then if they keep going to Contin it will be 4000m+

[slarge]

He’s going to get to Contin at this rate

After Contin there are a few shelters (wood sheds etc). I can imagine they might be a good target to aim for.

The trouble is that there are a couple (JH and JI) who might intend to ride through and aim to sleep tomorrow night instead.

[Richpips]

Looking at the forecast for Monday if I was at the front I'd not be in any rush to stop tonight.

[sean_iow]

Ride through the first night when you're fresh has got to be the tactic theses days? And maybe ride through the second as well

[BobCatMax]

He’s going to get to Contin at this rate

After Contin there are a few shelters (wood sheds etc). I can imagine they might be a good target to aim for.

The trouble is that there are a couple (JH and JI) who might intend to ride through and aim to sleep tomorrow night instead.

Have to agree with that, they've got form. I could see them both going 36 to 48 before bedding down

[Escape Goat]

Crikey.

3 days of rain by the power of Google.

[Richpips]

Oh, and the pic Lars took coming off the Cory shows it being a lovely evening.

[Escape Goat]

Yeah I seen that. Cracking the flags....

[elliptic]

Sally seems to have turned south down the great glen way hope she realises soon...

[jay91]

Sally seems to have turned south down the great glen way hope she realises soon...

She's scratched according to twitter

[Escape Goat]

Ah no. I wondered about her. I don't have a link to her socials.

[jay91]

https://twitter.com/HT_550/status/13961 ... 16902?s=19

[Escape Goat]

Thanks, I don't have a twitter account. Bah.

[Richpips]

Thanks, I don't have a twitter account. Bah.

You are not missing much.

Keep an eye on Grace's commentary here -

https://dotwatcher.cc/race/highland-trail-550-2021