Goodwood Video

Here's a clip of the chicane at Goodwood immediately after the start, this is where I got taken out last year so I was very cautious this year.

I made sure I was closer to the front of the pack at the start.

See if you can spot me, red t-shirt, grey hair. Enter left of screen at 22 secs, exit right at 31 sec.

More Goodwood

Well here I am cruising round the track at Goodwood, think this was the end of the 1st lap/start of the 2nd. (pic courtesy of dad)

Results are available now, didn't know what time I did until just now as a) didn't take my GPS with me and b) didn't look at the clock when I finished.

Anyway it was 1:09:56.39. and I was top longboarder in the midi race (5 laps/12.1 miles) 45th out of 137 finishers.

Yay me!

Goodwood Roller Marathon

Got sunburnt and blisters today at Goodwood Roller Marathon, wimped out of the full 11 laps (26.26 miles) and only entered the 5 lap (12.1 miles).



There was a little bit of this...



far too much of this...



And this guy was there...

And relax...

Marathon Report

Well, I made it, just.

I got taken out by a rollerblader about 30 seconds into the marathon. She stuck her foot in front of my front wheel causing my board to stop dead, momentum meant that I didn't and ended up sprawled across the track.
Grazes to right knee, belly, cuts and skin missing from right hand and left elbow and bruises to left hand and my left big toe which I stuffed into the ground.


(^^My toe lastnight - dodgy camera phone quality^^)

It's my pushing foot so every push was painful.
I decided to try the pumper out so made a quick pitstop and swapped boards.
Pumped one lap, it felt a lot slower but looking at the laptimes it wasn't my slowest of the day.

Finished in 2hrs 58 minutes, 13 minutes faster than last year so not all bad.

Snickers

Just about to set off for the Roller Marathon.
Got some new (to me) wheels yesterday.
Seismic Speedvents, 75mm, 79A Black Ops formula.

Goodwood Roller Marathon 09

This Sunday coming, 9th of August, I'm taking part in the annual race around Goodwood motor racing circuit.

11 laps = 26.62 miles against the clock.

Goodwood Roller Marathon

This year so far there are 448 people signed up, 21 of us on longboards the rest on quads or in-lines and a couple of roller skiers and the like.
Serious lycra clad speed skaters, fishnet clad roller derby birds, fat blokes on skateboards.

Last year I hit 'the wall' and lost count of how many laps I'd done and finished in 3 hrs 11 mins. This year? Well we'll see how it goes.

Don't know whether to push it or pump it...






..so I'm taking two set-ups.

L-R: Cut down mountainboard deck with dropped through and lowered Tracker 184's, 97mm Abec11 Flywheels. Subsonic Pulse v 2.0 with my modded Randal 150 up front and Tracker RT-S on rear, 75mm Orangatangs all round.