Haven't heard a whole lot about the Marathon Champs! Really enjoyed it last year, hope it goes ahead ok!
Never done the Cooley Thriller but hopefully make it this year - suit me better on a Sunday!
Da Cooley is one of those pre-register type events so make sure you don't leave it too late. I think this was my favorite event last year, miles of singletrack and the descent off the top of the first climb was class. I remember looking down from the top thinking we couldn't be descending all the way down there! but we did......
yeah - final descent is feckin brilliant - hands are falling off ya by the end of it - a very evil tarmac climb to the masts but the stunning singletrack makes it well worth it
All I remember was my back going banana shaped and it was torture for the last 10 km
Torture
Don't bring a big camelback with you
Use the feed stations
Generally, at sign on you put food/bottles into a box that's marked feedzone 1, feedzone 2 etc. It is then brought up to the feedzone's as the race starts, so it's there for you to collect when you get to a feedzone.
Haven't heard a whole lot about the Marathon Champs! Really enjoyed it last year, hope it goes ahead ok!
Never done the Cooley Thriller but hopefully make it this year - suit me better on a Sunday!
Da Cooley is one of those pre-register type events so make sure you don't leave it too late. I think this was my favorite event last year, miles of singletrack and the descent off the top of the first climb was class. I remember looking down from the top thinking we couldn't be descending all the way down there! but we did......
yeah - final descent is feckin brilliant - hands are falling off ya by the end of it - a very evil tarmac climb to the masts but the stunning singletrack makes it well worth it
All I remember was my back going banana shaped and it was torture for the last 10 km
Torture
Don't bring a big camelback with you
Use the feed stations
Generally, at sign on you put food/bottles into a box that's marked feedzone 1, feedzone 2 etc. It is then brought up to the feedzone's as the race starts, so it's there for you to collect when you get to a feedzone.