That did not look like fun. Just nuts. Well done for sticking with it, but I feel for all those bottom brackets that died today. R.I.P dear bearings, thank you for your sacrifice. Hang in there Maddy, I reckon it can only get better!
Miss Maddy, What a race. Bummer bout you getting sick before the race and the car breaking down after. The race look like fun and hell at the same time.
Crikey! That was utter madness, a total bike wrecker, drive-train killer… although I did a lot of mtnbike riding in those conditions but in steep-sloped forests and loved it.
Thanks Maddy for sharing, really interesting insights into racing. Don’t be hard on yourself you did a good job. P.s. I hope your Ribble sponsorship includes replacement bottom brackets as the sand/ sea/ mud/ puddle of doom would have destroyed it!!!
Feel so bad for you. Horrible riding ill -I’ve never raced but remember getting off my bike once to check something sticky wasn’t stopping the wheels roll - but it was just fatigue/illness. It’s not nice. I was going to try this race this year on your recommendation and I’m sorry to say I’ve never been so glad that I missed the date to book! Can’t think of anything worse. Character building. Well done for hanging in there. 👍🏻💥
In good conditions last year it was great but definitely not fun when waterlogged 🤣 feeling better now, so hopefully next few races I should feel normal again :)
Absolutely crazy race. I think tyre choice was sooooooo important this year. I remember thinking at the time, who's that crazy rider wearing white kit in conditions like that 🤣
that is not a gravel race IMO, and I would call it more of an adventure event. I saw many posts on it last year with no one feeling great about it. I would not beat myself over this event Maddy. It looks like a XC MTB route. I bet most people would be happy to finish it. I would just throw off any negative thoughts your mind is putting out from this thing. Go Maddy!!!! You rock girl.
Yeah I do agree. More of a long CX race / XC race than gravel, but hey ho onto the next! The atmosphere was great despite me not enjoying any other element 🤣
would be cool if you could angle the camera up slightly to capture more of what's going on. well done in the race, everything is really badly waterlogged for this time of year
You've got some great bike handling skills. Wish your camera had been tilted up a bit so we could see more than just the handlebars lol. Couldn't see what was ahead of you. Hope that wasn't salt water you were in. It's highly corrosive and the salt residue ends up in places you can't wash it out of.
I think I lost count on the number of stream crossings that…came up to your knees? What? I was looking at the riders using mtn bikes and thinking, yeah that makes more sense. I’m a little surprised they didn’t change the course with that much moisture on it, I would not have appreciated the damage to the trails if that was my trail system. Good luck with your recovery, especially after the infection.
@@maddynutt as of today, I am back into training (fitness numbers are back🥺. 4weeeeks until Magspeed racing CX racing series in Stroud, gonna be challenging.
On a day like that everybody needs a Courtney - hard to imagine a more IRL vlog - sometimes finishing is good enough x
Definitely :)
What a trooper Maddy. Well done for getting to the finish.
Cheers!
Looks absolutely horrendous! Great honest reflections from you. Skills and tyre choice equally important on days like that.
amazing! congrats maddy! ☺
Treacle wind - such a great description. That wind was brutal
It was fierce 🤣
That did not look like fun. Just nuts. Well done for sticking with it, but I feel for all those bottom brackets that died today. R.I.P dear bearings, thank you for your sacrifice. Hang in there Maddy, I reckon it can only get better!
Many fallen soldiers 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Well done for perseverance whilst feeling unwell cray cray! Back to full health asap hopefully!
I hope so!!
Miss Maddy, What a race. Bummer bout you getting sick before the race and the car breaking down after. The race look like fun and hell at the same time.
Ahahah yeah it was an unfortunate weekend 🤣😅 but onto the next one !
Gnarley race and awesome video!
Bloody hell. Exhausted just watching that.
Crikey! That was utter madness, a total bike wrecker, drive-train killer… although I did a lot of mtnbike riding in those conditions but in steep-sloped forests and loved it.
It was complete madness !
That looked brutal but also insanely fun! I wish more events were like that stateside instead of boring farm roads in the middle of nowhere
Hahahaa
That course looked absolutely bonkers. I can only imagine riding it for fun on a fat bike.
Have to say this is definitely a good move !
You can now change your name to Muddy Nutt 😜. Wow respect!!
Hahahaha
Thanks Maddy for sharing, really interesting insights into racing. Don’t be hard on yourself you did a good job. P.s. I hope your Ribble sponsorship includes replacement bottom brackets as the sand/ sea/ mud/ puddle of doom would have destroyed it!!!
Ahaha thank you!!
good video, what time did you do, can't see you on the results?
No clue as my timing chip didn’t work!!
Great video, looks fun. You really need to do the Yorkshire 3peaks in Sept
I feel like that’s too gnarly for me! 🤣
@@maddynutt you would definitely be fine. Your bike handling much better than mine and I’ve survived it (just) twice😁
Feel so bad for you. Horrible riding ill -I’ve never raced but remember getting off my bike once to check something sticky wasn’t stopping the wheels roll - but it was just fatigue/illness. It’s not nice.
I was going to try this race this year on your recommendation and I’m sorry to say I’ve never been so glad that I missed the date to book! Can’t think of anything worse. Character building. Well done for hanging in there. 👍🏻💥
In good conditions last year it was great but definitely not fun when waterlogged 🤣 feeling better now, so hopefully next few races I should feel normal again :)
In the UK the weather has literally killed off whole race events in the past. ' remember Dusk till Dawn anyone..'?
Absolutely crazy race. I think tyre choice was sooooooo important this year. I remember thinking at the time, who's that crazy rider wearing white kit in conditions like that 🤣
Hahahahaha I did make some solid errors 🤣
that is not a gravel race IMO, and I would call it more of an adventure event. I saw many posts on it last year with no one feeling great about it. I would not beat myself over this event Maddy. It looks like a XC MTB route. I bet most people would be happy to finish it. I would just throw off any negative thoughts your mind is putting out from this thing. Go Maddy!!!! You rock girl.
Yeah I do agree. More of a long CX race / XC race than gravel, but hey ho onto the next! The atmosphere was great despite me not enjoying any other element 🤣
would be cool if you could angle the camera up slightly to capture more of what's going on. well done in the race, everything is really badly waterlogged for this time of year
It was an accident 🤣🫣
Great race maybe you should try a summer or winter cx season
I think my skills are just miles off enjoying it!
@@maddynutt I tried it last winter and I'm just too much of a roadie to get it 😅
You've got some great bike handling skills. Wish your camera had been tilted up a bit so we could see more than just the handlebars lol. Couldn't see what was ahead of you. Hope that wasn't salt water you were in. It's highly corrosive and the salt residue ends up in places you can't wash it out of.
Hahaha yeah I accidentally messed up the angles on this one !!
I think I lost count on the number of stream crossings that…came up to your knees? What? I was looking at the riders using mtn bikes and thinking, yeah that makes more sense. I’m a little surprised they didn’t change the course with that much moisture on it, I would not have appreciated the damage to the trails if that was my trail system.
Good luck with your recovery, especially after the infection.
Thank you!! Yeah it was a little crazy how much water we had to go through, but this rain has been insane this year
I’ve done this race 9 times, this was the worst I’ve seen it, next year will be so much better….
I think I might be too scarred 🤣
Paying for my own bike, I would never ever ever do that race...
Very fair. I haven’t taken mine to my mechanic yet but fear it won’t be great 🫣
It just doesn’t look like a bike race, it looks like a “50 ways to destroy your bike” event🤗😅🙏🏼
You need a mic!
I am getting on it :)
I'm sure you know already, but it isn't a gravel race.
I definitely found that out this year 🤣
Botb 2024 was horrible, the beach return with head wind was reeally hard and the flooded wood was pointless…. And cherry on the cake I got pneumonia…
Eeek hope you are ok now!
@@maddynutt as of today, I am back into training (fitness numbers are back🥺. 4weeeeks until Magspeed racing CX racing series in Stroud, gonna be challenging.
@@fentuz You've got this!!
Gravel race ? Rather call it plain old cyclocross
I totally agree
That just doesn’t look enjoyable. Well done. 👍
What a shit show, you did well. Beach rides are horrible, crappy course to be honest. Do not let others discourage you ✌️