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2023 Event 1: Hillingdon, Sunday 9th April |
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tincanracer 
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 Posted: 08 April 2023 at 6:57am |
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Kim, could you please confirm which race Robert and I are in. Thanks Stuart (Glen)
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Kim
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Posted: 08 April 2023 at 12:52pm |
You're in the slow race as requested. Robert's in the fast race on account of being one of the faster 'slow' riders who's been promoted in order to balance the numbers. (The slow race is still oversubscribed.) I appreciate that everyone wants to be in the slow race, but the priority is separating the inexperienced from the faster riders, and trying to minimise the number of people on the track at once.
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Kim
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Posted: 08 April 2023 at 12:54pm |
Good news! The Royal mail delivered. So there will be a pair of fresh tags for PaulM and everyone else who requested them.
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AlanGoodman
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Posted: 08 April 2023 at 1:14pm |
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Yep!! It’s always tricky to get the slow/fast balance right and someone will always be disappointed.
One possibility is three groups and shorter races at some events, but that wouldn’t please everyone either of course. |
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Kim
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Posted: 08 April 2023 at 2:59pm |
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As it is, there's a fair amount of overlap. A couple of the handcyclists are significantly faster than the rest of the group, but they've specifically requested to be put together in the first race because some have impairments that make staying warmed up between races difficult.
We've also got a few new riders who I expect will be quite quick, but don't necessarily have much track (or in a couple of case, recumbent) experience. Safer for everyone if they're the ones doing the overtaking. And of course I'm in the fast race this time because Andrew won't be there... (Worth reiterating that the results of the race groups get combined, so your championship points (f you care about such things) depend on your speed relative to both sets of riders, so it doesn't make huge difference which group you're in.)
Edited by Kim - 08 April 2023 at 3:03pm |
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MattH
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Posted: 08 April 2023 at 7:25pm |
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What's the score with car parking at Hillingdon? I've only been there twice, once for a BC classroom training session which didn't have many people there so was easy, and once with BHPC in covid times so there were odd rules in place as I remember it - but I'm aware that as there are a lot of handcyclists then there may be additional space constraints so they can park close.
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AlanGoodman
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Posted: 08 April 2023 at 7:47pm |
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The parking area nearest to the clubhouse will be reserved for wheelchair users.
You can park in the service road at your own risk (we have had p*k*ys breaking into cars in the past there). Safest is probably to park in the Goals car park next door where there are cameras. Edited by AlanGoodman - 08 April 2023 at 10:14pm |
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MattH
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Posted: 08 April 2023 at 9:23pm |
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OK, thanks. Wasn't sure if Goals were OK with that or not.
See you tomorrow!
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AlanGoodman
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Posted: 09 April 2023 at 7:13pm |
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Many thanks to everyone who came along today and especially to Kim and Natalya for taking care of the timing electrickery.
Apologies for all the off-track cock-ups (mainly gates opening late and some of you getting parking tickets). All out of our control I’m afraid. Im pretty sure nobody will receive a fine so please just ignore the tickets - if anyone does then please let me know and I’ll sort it out with the gym manager - he was very pleasant when I spoke to him. It does however raise some questions for the next time we go to Hillingdon. We’ll make sure everyone knows the score before signing up to race for that one. On the plus side the weather was fantastic and the racing seemed to go ok. |
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MattH
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Posted: 09 April 2023 at 8:40pm |
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Yes, thanks to everyone who put time and effort into putting this on - especially whoever remembered to book the weather!
A great day out.
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