Comments on: Hell of Ashdown – the day Hell froze over – 1 February 2009

By: Hell of the Ashdown – 31 January 2010 « Rowe Running

Hell of the Ashdown – 31 January 2010 « Rowe Running — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:09:03 +0000

[...] 2009 I took part in the Hell of the Ashdown cycle sportive event and after cycling through a snow blizzard I thought it couldn’t get any [...]

By: David

David — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:14:48 +0000

Stuart… Mercy Mission? Hehe. I guess you’ve not read my notes about the ride at runsaturday then… ;)

By: Stuart

Stuart — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:09:48 +0000

Very kind of you not to mention the mercy mission :)

Adrian – you did better than us!

By: Adrian Trenholm – 64 miles, seven hills, one blizzard

Adrian Trenholm – 64 miles, seven hills, one blizzard — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:25:29 +0000

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By: Adrian Trenholm

Adrian Trenholm — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:43:34 +0000

Excellent write up. I was one of the back markers, with a 5:27 time, but in my defence, I was suffering with cramp and kept having to stop and stretch at the roadside. The snow really came down between the first and second controls and I nearly took my front teeth out on the frozen bite valve on my water bottle.

By: David

David — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:41:20 +0000

Cheers for the comment Adrian, and nice photos BTW. I have fond memories of the second feed station and the lovely hot coffee I had there!

By: Adrian Fitch

Adrian Fitch — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:24:25 +0000

Great post — brought it all back. I tried using a hydration bladder in a small backpack for the first time to avoid the problem of frozen bottles and it worked perfectly. The Go mix I had was even a little warm thanks to my body heat so no shock to the system when gulping down near frozen energy drink.

Good luck with the triathlon training.