Phewee. We’ve just about recovered from a MONUMENTAL weekend at Mountain Mayhem 2008. Thanks guys for letting us take part!
We pitched up on Friday 20th June, girding our loins and gritting our teeth for the enslaught of 24 hours pelting hamster-esque around a notoriously muddy and fairly technical track come rain or shine, light or dark, chaffing or smooth.
It all kicked off Saturday 21st with over 2,500 riders preparing themselves and so when the sirens honked at 2pm, it was a pretty epic half a mile run to put distance between competitors before bikes were mounted. Then it was non-stop, hard-nosed riding until 2pm the following day – ouch – jumping off the bikes occasionally to ram home a portion of carb-heavy noodles, the occasional sausage and lots of fluids.
As one of the sponsors we of course had to have a team (we’d be lame otherwise!) and we did pretty well to boot. With over 650 entrants across teams and individuals, team Original Source came 223rd – and we’re feeling just a little bit proud! Of course it rained, of course the wind blew and of course we had fun (apart from Jamie’s snapped back derailer – whoops – half way round a pitch black course – whoops – at one thirty in the morning – whoops– with a lot of rain and mud – whoops- taking him 2 hours to get back-whoops!).
Thank you Andy Brack, Steve Davies, Jamie Lothian and Steve Ball for taking part!
Not only did we complete the course (to the degree we literally had to drag Big Steve off his bike as he just would NOT stop!), we gave away over 12,000 freebies. We also sponsored all the luxury shower units, now dubbed the ‘Blake 7 showers’ as they were so ultra-modern (and clean!), so that the riders had somewhere decent to hose off and massage their saddle-indented behinds back into life.
It’s nice being nice and we like to give a way a load of cool stuff so if you’re up for it, these are the other events we’ll be appearing at over the summer:
The Original Source Urbanathlon: July 13th, Sports City, Manchester. A 10km gruelling race around Manchester, jumping over and under urban obstacles whilst negotiating errant pieces of fruit. Can’t wait! Check out the link: www.urbanathlon.co.uk
Tough Guy: the big daddy of all endurance races, it describes its summer events as ‘Nettle Warrior’ . You will feel pain, some pleasure, but mostly pain. It’s on 27th July and you can find all the details at http://www.toughguy.co.uk/
Rip Curl Boardmasters: as this is for surf-pros we won’t be entering this one although Nig could give them a run for their money! It’s on from 4th until 10th August and is mahhussive surf, skate & music setting in picturesque Newquay. Check it out: http://www.ripcurlboardmasters.com
Hellrunner: just as it sounds 10 -12 miles of challenging off-road running…tough, twisting trails… including the famed Hills of Hell and the Bog of Doom! We’ll be doing it – do you dare! November 1st and you can choose Hell up North or Hell Down South! http://www.hellrunner.co.uk/
Looking forward to seeing you there!
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Hiya, Original Source! Just to let you know, I love Tidal Wave sponsored by Original Source at Thorpe Park! It’s how I first found out about you!