Great to see 53 riders for a winter event and we were blessed with a perfect day. Sunshine, no wind, icy roads or muddy singletrack bridleways. As always, I enjoyed planning the course and thought 53k to clear up (on my ebike) would just about be enough to keep the fittest riders going for 2 hours. Ed Oliver-Evans did manage to clear up but needed an extra 4 minutes so I think the plan worked. It’s a great area with stunning views, quiet, picturesque villages and no long steep climbs but just enough to make you notice them.

Congratulations to the class winners, Ed (521) followed by Isaac Pressley (513) in M21, Mark Chryssanthou (M40-472), Adrian Parker (M50-481), Maurice Kelly (M60/70-410), Claire Riley (W40/50-415), Sarah Slade (W60/70-355), Conrad & Jill Ellison (X50/60-399), Fionn O’Toole & Ian Puckrin (Gen-340) on their first event.

The provisional results below and  the Maprun version with splits – please get in touch with any corrections.

Thanks to the staff at the Commercial Inn for providing an excellent event centre and post-event food.

Our next Winter event is at Arkendale on March 1st. Hope to see you there. PS This is Arkendale near Boroughbridge, not Arkengarthdale in Swaledale!!

Thanks to Steve for planning a great event today, perfectly timed to avoid the storm!

MapRun results link here

Provisional results here

Storm Éowyn looks as though it will have died down by tomorrow and the forecast looks good – which is excellent news for the sixty riders who’ve entered. Do let us know if you’re thinking of enetring on the day as spare maps are likely to be limited.

start – finish location

Happy New Year! It’s not long now until our first event of 2025 – at Easingwold, and expertly planned by Steve Willis.

The event centre is The Commercial Inn, Easingwold Marketplace, YO61 3AA

It’s a 2 hour event on the quiet country lane network and a few of the better bridleways in this undulating rural area. You also might visit 3 pretty villages depending on your route choice – Husthwaite, Crayke & Huby

Registration: 0915 – 1015
Starts 0930 – 1030

Keen Parkrunners should note that the Easingwold ParkRun is very close by so it’s possible to do both events on the day.

ENTER ONLINE HERE
Online entry closes midnight Thursday 23rd January
25% for entries by Monday 20th

Course map 25th January 2025

Rainbows!

MapRun results and everyones routes here

**updated – course map below**

North Yorkshire Water Park, near Scarborough, hosted the second of the winter series events. 25 hardy riders braved the biblical forecast of the fast approaching storm Darragh.

Fortunately, the storm held off for everyone, with only a strengthening wind in the later stages. The Waterpark also hosts a regular parkrun on a Saturday morning and 5 keen competitors decided to take part in both events.  These were Tim Evans, David Steel, Dave Robertson, Edwyn Oliver-Evans and Isaac Pressley.  Of these Isaac came out top with an excellent second place and 18:00 for 5k. Not far behind was Edwyn in seventh place.

The course was split by the A170 with 210 points available on the pan flat south side and the rest in the hillier north.  The North covered ground that some riders may remember, going into the village of Sawdon and the up to the edge of Wykeham forest.

All riders opted to clear some of the control to the south of the road, before moving north.  With loops around Sawdon to the west, above Wykeham in the centre, and Hutton Buscel to the east playing a part in most riders’ route planning. Only Edwin cleared the course followed by Nuno missing just one control. However both riders were over the magic 10 min late and so took heavy penalties. Results are still provisional at the time of writing, however it looks like Edwin will take the overall. Second and third will be decided by the penalties. Isaac backed up his excellent run in the Parkrun with 490 points and only 45s late.

Special thanks to the Wykeham Estates for allowing access to the private roads in the area and the Waterpark for providing a great base for the event, hopefully we can return in sunnier times and attract more riders. Many riders certainly appreciated the log fire in the café after the event.

Thanks to Jon for planning an excellent course and a great event centre (including optional Parkrun)!

Thanks to everyone who has entered Saturday’s event – slightly lower numbers than expected so we will have some entry on the day maps available for anyone who would like to come along!

mapRun download is available at the usual location:
select event / UK / North Yorkshire / NYMBO / Winter 24-25 / 

All other details are in the previous post

See you tomorrow!

Less than a week until our December event, which is on Saturday 7th at the Yorkshire Water Park.

Online entry closes Thursday 5th December

Registration: 9.15 – 10.15
Start Time between 9.30 – 10.30

PARKING: Due to mud in the intended parking area we will now park further into the Waterpark near the finish and Café.  We will park in the Zip Line carpark, you can’t miss this as you drive round the lake!!  There are toilets at the Zip tower that we can use without crossing the parkrun course, and more toilets near the café.  There will be an area cordoned off for our use however we will be sharing the car park with some park runners. There is plenty of parking. The start will now be an 800m ride to the entrance to the waterpark.  Signs and marshals will be around to guide you.

CAFE: This will be open from 9am if there are you are travelling with a non-rider. It’s busy with park runners from 9.30 -11.00 but will be quieter when riders are finishing. They serve pizzas, all day breakfasts and the usual café fair. They are happy to take orders for when you finish.

DIRECTIONS: Click here for directions and more information about the waterpark

START/FINISH: See picture for details of the start and finish

start finish

7th December Course Map

Just under 2 weeks until our next winter series event at the Yorkshire Water Park [insert joke here about most of Yorkshire being a water park at the moment]

Online entry here

The event is based at North Yorkshire Water Park, Wykeham, Scarborough YO13 9QU.  The site has plenty of parking, toilets, changing facilities and a large café. The course will be mostly based on the tracks and bridleways of the Wykeham estate and includes some paths not normally available to ride. There is one major A road (A170) that splits the course.  The south of this road is flat and should be fast with a more challenging hillier section to the north of the road. Course map will be posted onlin at some point this week

Note: There is a regular Parkrun at the Waterpark on a Saturday morning that usually attracts 200+ runners. If you are feeling particularly energetic please feel free to arrive early and run this event.

Toilets: The main toilets are at the waterpark café. To access these you will have to cross the Parkrun course.  This is easy but please dismount and follow the parkrun marshals directions. It is usually only busy between 9.20 and 9.40 so if you can avoid these times it would help.

Provisional results here (or find them in the MapRun app); corrections to Tim no later than Tuesday please so he can finalise and we can publish.

During the summer Dallowgill event, the centre manager mentioned the possibility of using Ivy Bank campsite as a bike O venue. Investigation revealed that it had parking, a small cafe, toilets, wifi & was a bit quirky [cut down beer barrels for gents urinals being one of them!] Add the free bike wash after, the decision was made. I biased the area to the E so as not to overlap the Dallowgill event, taking some of you on the BW E of the A6108 through Ripon Parks; in the S Studley Royal deer park showcased the rutting stags, impressing their ladies. Kirkby Malzeard has a lot of minor roads & gravel tracks, giving many route options without having to travel on the muddiest BWs. # 26 & 30 were temptingly located close to the finish but not all riders had time for them. # 14 & 28 were there to get you through Ripon whilst avoiding the town centre. The loop of # 5, 1, 6 seemed a good start but only scored 20 points – going straight to #11 scored 15 & took you to the same place much quicker.

The 47 riders enjoyed dry weather with virtually no wind, not bad for November but many were late back – a result of the lumpy contours & also the fact that Ivy Bank sits at the highest point on the course. When Andy Conn entered & then Edwyn O-Evans I was worried that the course may have been cleared in the 2 hour limit but not quite. Not too many tech problems, riders are obviously mastering the intricacies of MapRun, just a few phones misbehaving here & there; if you have a Garmin watch it can be loaded with the MapRun app via a phone or tablet, in my experience the watch is foolproof on these events.

Top rider was golden oldie M50 Andy Conn with 461, just ahead of M21 Edwyn 457, if only the latter had not been to Parkrun before perhaps he would have squeezed home. Local M50 Harvey Jones made use of his home advantage to score 449 once the young Rochesters had sorted his tech for him. Top Mix was Sally & Saul 324 just ahead of Claire & David’s 320 whose 70 penalties killed them. Solo ladies saw W60 Sarah Slade come out top with 310, head & shoulders above the rest; generation team result was close, the Dranes 316 just pipping the Risbey’s 310. Further down the field Pamela’s 279 was enough to see off partner Maurice’s 231 but he was concentrating on getting back to watch Leeds United that afternoon [why?]. Bad luck James LePage who suffered a puncture a couple of miles from home only to discover that his saddlebag had opened up & lost his repair kit, another rider did find his multi spanner though [small consolation].

Next event is Jonathan Purdy’s Yorkshire Water park at Wykeham [also an opportunity for Parkrun there first?] on 7 December – don’t miss this new area….
David Day Planner (thanks to David for organising an excellent course!)

There is still time to enter online for Saturday (until midnight Thursday). There might be enough maps for entry on the day, but please get in touch on Friday if you’re thinking of coming along.

Start and finish locations are below.

There are 2 road closures in Kirkby Malzeard village which will affect the event:

Back Lane south is currently closed to all traffic & impassable even to bikes – marked in blue 

Main Street is also closed to traffic but bikes can get through on the pavements, please give way to pedestrians – marked in yellow/green

Cafe menu – suggest that you put your orders in before setting off on your ride to save time when you get back.

MapRun: course download is now ready, you can scan the QR code or by opening MapRun and follow select event / UK / North Yorkshire / NYMBO / Winter 24-25 / Kirkby Malzeard Nov 24

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Our next event is at Kirkby Malzeard on Saturday 9th November – online entry here

25% off entries by midnight on Monday 4th November

The 2 hour event will be based at Ivy Bank Campsite, Kirkby Malzeard, HG4 3SS. The site has parking toilets & a small cafe, start & finish are very close. Please support the venue by eating & drinking after the event.

The area is a myriad of minor roads, land rover tracks & bridleways [no need to ride the muddy ones], with controls mainly east of the start, avoiding the ground used for the Dallowgill event earlier this year. There are 2 major roads – A6108 & B6265 but the course will be planned to encourage riders to cross these at safe points.

Don’t forget to download the MapRun course before arrival (check back here for when it’s ready to download), please ask for guidance if you have not used MapRun before.

Registration: 9.00 – 10.00
Start Time between 9.30 – 10.30

9 November Course