{"id":6398,"date":"2010-11-09T14:13:02","date_gmt":"2010-11-09T14:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6398"},"modified":"2015-04-02T20:51:07","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T19:51:07","slug":"which-12-hour-mtb-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/11\/which-12-hour-mtb-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Which 12 Hour MTB Race?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think I&#8217;m going to sign myself up to do a 12 hour solo Mountain Bike Race &#8211; Although it won&#8217;t be a &#8216;race&#8217; for me, just a challenge to try to do it all without too much in the way of stops.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure which one to go for though so any recommendations would be gladly accepted (just post a comment).<\/p>\n<p>The main one on my radar at the moment is the Bontrager TwentyFour12 in Newnham Park, Plymouth. My brothers have signed up to do it as a team of 4 or 5 so they&#8217;ll be there anyway and it looks as though it is a well orgainsed and pretty big event so it should be fun. I&#8217;m not sure what the course is like though. As it&#8217;s my first 12 hour solo race then I&#8217;m hoping for something not too tough so that I can just plod around and enjoy it.<\/p>\n<p>I love the look of the kids race at the beginning of this video as well, I&#8217;d best start training Morgan.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/14635351?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>However the <a title=\"12 hours of Exposure\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sip-events.co.uk\/solo-home.html\">12 hours of Exposure<\/a> in May sounds pretty good too.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"499\" height=\"306\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/jwyoFmN1xzM?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\"\/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>I guess I&#8217;d better make my mind up and get entered before they fill up, and then better start some training for it, especially as I&#8217;ve now posted this here letting everyone know of my intentions!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think I&#8217;m going to sign myself up to do a 12 hour solo Mountain Bike Race &#8211; Although it won&#8217;t be a &#8216;race&#8217; for me, just a challenge to try to do it all without too much in the way of stops. 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