I’m planning on doing Cotswold Classic in July, would love the company/ competition/ biff 
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did quite enjoy cots & also feel like have some unfinished business with it
maybe if I’m back in July …
is it a full distance now or still half? I won’t be doing any of that full distance malarkey 
Think it was a good choice of venue as within 2 hours for most people (sorry Scottish types)
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Think it was a good choice of venue as within 2 hours for most people (sorry Scottish types)
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They are both still halves, the July one now has a new bike course (this year was the first year for it).
There used to be a 3rd 226 event but that stopped a few years ago.
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It’s alright, we’ll organise our own up here. They’ll be sorry with their warm swim, dry roads, no wind and sunny run. You wait and see.
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Anything Outlaw would be pretty easy for most people too. Easy camping near the lake, but then you’d have to run round it…
19th May 2024
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This for me too. One and only DNF 
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Hopefully much better than that really flat boring one in 2019, on very bad surfaces.
ETA - sounds like the July event will use similar roads to the old Inter Services race and the 226. The road between Malmesbury & Minety has quite a few rollers; I wouldn’t have described it as “pancake flat” like the website.
I don’t know where you were cycling?
But I stopped twice for my BTA and spares kit and still managed 36kmh.
Road surfaces were sublime
It was fastAF, too.
It was worth the trip for Scottish types.
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It doesn’t? It specifically describes it as ‘gently rolling unlike the pancake flat 113’
Interest check for 2024
- Outlaw Half - 20th May
- Cots 113 - 2nd June
- Cots Classic - 14th July
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Will be interesting if they keep it for next year, I heard a few complaints - about traffic on the course more than the route or organisation in general. Would be really good if they could change the run course too. 2 laps of the 51.5 run would make a nice change:
Maybe they could change to the PTO 100K distance as a WC AG qualifier!
As for TT smackdown in 2024, obviously Cotswold is easy for me, but I was considering elsewhere next year. Titan if you want some motivation to make race weight:
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Useful insight. Having done the old route about 5 or 6 times, I was wondering how “good” the new Classic route would be in terms of a race course. Even the 113 route has changed now I see, with the course starting by turning right out of transition rather than the two way flow of traffic along the main road.
It does seem like they’re sticking with it for the Classic. They still say its the plan on the website
QED 
It was boring though, no?
Initially says gently rolling, then virtually pancake flat. I think the former description is the correct one.
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The screengrab above is what I read; contradicts itself. @AndyG is right, it’s not pancake flat along that stretch; you’ll be out of the saddle frequently on the rollers, which tbh is a nice change.
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What have you just demonstrated?
Why would you use “QED” there 
Anyways, I wasn’t bored.
I didn’t have a power meter (now carry spare AAA batteries) so was just concentrating on HR and RPE.
I’d spent many many rides on the A50 from Lymm services to Holmes Chapel and back, which is boringAF, so I’d mentally prepared for it.
Also worked on passing people, and making the last 30 or so minutes “hard” as that’s when RPE goes up, but power goes down.
I demonstrated that the surfaces were shite (as previously opined), becuase your kit launched more than once.
It also demonstrates that you need to attach your kit properly 
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Some of you need to RTFQ before trying to correct me 
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