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Capital Punishment 2010
When:
Saturday, 29 May, 2010 - 07:00
Duration:
8 hours
Come Rain or Shine:
I'll be there, no matter what the weather.
Entries Open:
17/03/2010 - 16/04/2010
Official Results:
http://www.multisportaustralia.com.au/Ra... Meeting Point:
The 100km course will start at Kowen Forest just off Sutton Road.
The 50km course will join the course at Campbell Park Offices and the Majura Pines.
Details:
Entries open online on Wednesday 17 March 2010 at 9am Monday 22 March.
Entry Fees:
- 100km - $130
- 50km - $85
A late fee of $20 will apply from the date 4 weeks after the opening date for entries.
Check out http://www.arocsport.com.au/MTB_Capital/mtb_capi... for more details...
[Update] - online rego opening date changed
Who's in?
davis_jnr, shano, Buck, Lach, leximack, jpack, Steve 01, D-on, lozza6, CB, LadyToast, Supagav, VC, Paul B, Bikeboy, Bikes, Dicko, king_nelly, Fatboy, tate, brakeburner, Azzking, CookPassBartridge, TheDugong, lambur9er (25 riders)
What Happened?
Blog entries about this meeting (as this is a race standings and times are shown, click on the title for more and to comment)...
| Who | Title | Status | Time | Pos.Gen. | Category | Pos.Cat. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gd | CP - First event - 50K. Are they all like that? | Finished | ||||
| Discodan | Capital Punishment | Finished | 03:13:16 | 122 | 50km/Male/Open | 75 |
| homerj | First time fun | Finished | 03:34:35 | 241 | 50km/Male/Open | |
| VC | granny saved me | Finished | 03:40:25 | 50km/Male/Veteran | 49 | |
| Bikeboy | Old body makes the (soft) distance | Finished | 04:05:00 | 391 | 50km/Male/Veteran | 77 |
| Supagav | SS was a wise choice | Finished | 05:38:16 | 40 | 100km/Male/SS | 3 |
| LadyToast | The perfect hard man race. | Finished | 06:29:02 | 112 | 100km/Male/Veteran | 19 |
| Azzking | Capital Punishment 100km of pure mud, slop and pain | Finished | 07:28:01 | 273 | 146 | |
| Fatboy | Mud Slogfest | Finished | 07:33:49 | 287 | ||
| Lach | Mud, mud, mud... | Did not finish | 100km/Male/Super Vet | |||
| CB | Punishment indeed .... | Did not finish | ||||
| Buck | First DNF | Did not finish | 100km/Male/Open |
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been wanting to do this ride since it was announced many, many, many months ago
wont be clicking the star till i have a paid entry though
Don
Not sure about this one as sparrow will be out because of the logging.
What does everyone else think? worth it or not?
It'll all be about how they manage to link in the finish at Stromlo won't it?
I'd really look forward to that. It will also give an easy bailout point though, so you'll have to keep strong
What turns me off is a frosty 7am start in Canberra at the end of May! Brrrrr!
That and i'd rather spend a weekend down there ride the fun parts of Canberra without 1000 other people and not have to worry about smashing myself to get over the ridge to finish off with a probable 7km switchback climb up Stromlo. Yuck.
Next?
A reminder that Capital Punishment entries are opening at 9am this morning ( in 20 minutes)
http://www.arocsport.com.au/MTB_Capital/mtb_capi...
Good Luck
CB
Server Error in '/' Application.
Another server melt down at ticket opening. This event is jinxed.
EDIT: word is that the rego has been closed.
DW100 will be my first 100k event so I wont bother registering for this one as its too close.
but you will have trained up for the DW100 so what better time to do another 100km race
Yes I thought that but I might find the 100k is too much and there will not be enough time to train.
The DW100 will be the training!
I did actually try to get a ticket just in case but the server was crapping out...
Tix back on sale sometime on the 22nd.
There were no issues last year, but surely this has highlighted the need to get the system ready for high traffic once the Angry Doctor comes around again.
Well I tried to enter this morning and I got a email at least. Although it has No Subject and has no text in it! I guess that means I'm in?!
Taken from the home page:
"ENTRIES NOW OPEN
ENTRIES WILL NOW BE VIA LOTTERY. YOU HAVE UNTIL WEDNESDAY 24 MARCH AT 5PM TO PRE-REGISTER.
THIS WILL ALLOW EVERYONE TO PRE-REGISTER OVER THE NEXT 3 DAYS WITHOUT CASUING THE EVENT DIRECTOR SERVER TO BECOME OVERLOADED.
1. Entry is via a pre-registration system. MAKE SURE YOU SELECT THE CORRECT LINK WHICH WILL APPEAR BELLOW - for either the 50km or the 100km."
Interesting...
Hmmm "lottery" dont like it.
There are plenty of great endurance races popping up all over the place at the moment on some great tracks that are much easier to enter and just as much fun.
sounds like too much hassle getting a ticket to these things.
i might give club racing a go instead. For $15 v $130, an enduro cant be that much better.
Club racing is good fun I can go and race at least a couple of times a month at the various clubs if I want.
And the enduro races they put on are fantastic the summer 4hr series at WSMTB was lots of fun this year.
So has anyone got an actual confirmed entry for this or are you guys who have clicked the star above just on the pick me lottery list.
Registered this morning, and have had no correspondence from AROC or EventDirector.net...
I'm assuming that I'm in the lottery...
Just got my email
got a ticket
all paid, im in
Don
All paid up
CB
..that wasn't too hard was it?!
it's quite easy winning the lottery!
Bib1005 come on down,hope I wasn't to optimistic told them i normally finish in the top 10% of the field
got my entry first day.....stoked, first race ever......im doin the 50km....should be interesting.
Late entry with no problems. Rider No. 1503. Now that I have completed the dirtworks what better time than the end of the month to torture those legs and do another 100k's. What ever the course route takes I am sure it will be some good fun.
Will be pedalling hard for those first few k's to get warm.
Elevation profiles are up. Three fair sized climbs for the 100km course.....with a nice climb up Stromlo at 90km just when the legs are feeling the best
I'm hoping its less than 2000m.
Cause I have not ridden since dirtworks...
This will be an awesome ride...can't wait!
the web site says approx 1500m, which isn't bad, but I reckon 25% of that is in the last 10 km........
... yes, the numpty on a white Fisher, getting in your way and p*ssing and moaning about the physical excretion will be me! Sorry.
Please bear in mind it's my first 50km, I'm now to the sport, and I'm REALLY looking forward to it.
Good luck all. My hat (and helmet, although that just sounds wrong) is off to those doing the 100km. No doubt you'll be passing me at the 51km mark! I'll do my best to get out of your way.
So, the weather looks good
(wot? Someone was going to say it)
Now that 'it-which-must-not-be-spoken-about' has been spoken about, I guess it's going to be a blizzard and heatwave all in the first hour!
Top tip: A drop of vod in the camel back might stop it freezing up.
It's going from a balmy 2 degrees to a tropical 15 on Saturday, with only periods of rain to tamp down the dust.
Perfect riding conditions.
I'm so glad their server crashed and I didn't get a ticket. Have fun
It's only going to go down to 5 on Friday nite/Saturday morning, not 2! This means (probably-I'm not a meteorologist) that there will be cloud cover earlier at night and therefore the rain will start earlier, so pack those wet weather tyres as the tracks will already be soggy....
I wonder if AROC needs another volunteer...
Well I was just in the garage getting the bike ready and I spent about 15 minutes looking at the array of tyres I have, I started putting a Nevagal on, then took it off, then half on, then put the Racing Ralph back on - man I wish I knew what the conditions were going to be like on Sat. I'm sticking with the Ralph only because I think there will be quite a lot of road sections that I can make some speed on and I that the tracks will drain well but I'll be miffed if it's a complete bog. (note to self, don't forget to pack the compressor for a last minute change of mind.)
Oh, and I just found out that my rear wheel has 3 broken spokes too, it's going to be a fun ride
This will be my first event, entered in the super vet category and starting at the back.
Been riding just about a year now - weekends only though.
Really looking forward to it and hope the rain holds back a bit.
Good luck to everyone, especially the other first timers.
Forecast for Friday
Fine and mostly cloudy day. Rain developing overnight. Light northeast winds.
City Precis: Mostly cloudy.
City: Min 4 Max 16
Tuggeranong: Min 4 Max 16
Chance of rainfall: 10% day, increasing to 90% overnight.
Winds on Lake: Northeast 10 to 15 km/h.
UV Alert: Nil , UV Index predicted to reach 2 [Low]
Saturday Rain periods. Min 5 Max 15
Sunday Rain periods. Min 4 Max 15
It's gunna be wet when you wake up on Saturday morning, it's gunna be raining when you ride, and it's gunna be wet when you wash your bike off on Sunday. This ain't Canberra "occasional showers" - it's going to rain all day, so plan for that.....Yours, The Canberra Weather Man.
Results are up: http://www.multisportaustralia.com.au/RaceTecRes...
There were a LOT of photographers as well (in all the best places, including one guy on the berm section at the end), would be interesting to see those.
Not sure you will recognise anyone in the photos - evrybody was covered in an inch of mud.
What a day out - certainly not what I expected. Feeling it today.
D
Capital Punishment, 50km, done. Bought my first mountain bike 10th April, and managed the 50km a month and a half later. Result. Minor cramp at the muddy pine section, (the second lot of pines). I'm blaming the fact I was going flat out to find a Marshall for that poor women in the yellow jacket that low-sided shortly after the 35km mark. Poor girl. She looked in a bad way.
Great weekend. The bike wash and warm showers definitely appreciated.
The Fisher is still a little worse for wears...
Oh and I will be having a word with a certain bike shop that did a service on my friends bike the weekend before and failed to notice the brake pads were kaput. Leaving her without brakes front and back 20km in.
Looking forward to the pics...
Just on the brake pads, in bad conditions you can wear a new set out in no time so at the time of service they could have been only half worn and not needing replacement.
doing to double check over your bike or if you knew it was going to be terrible conditions would have opted for new ones on a race of this calibre with the mud rain & sandy conditions .
Yep, agree with both regarding the brake pads.
I think she thought she 'outsourced' that worry by handing it over to the bike garage to service (and informing them of the race the following weekend).
Good result for me as I'd never changed bike pads before (did it yesterday for her, and my bike whilst I was at it) and didn't realize how straight forward it was. Note to self for the next race, take spare set of pads...
Now, I just need to get comfortable with tuning a derailer and life will be sweet.
Some familiar faces in the image slide show in the aurora front page
http://www.auroraimages.com.au/