2023

[CrazyEnglishTriathlete]

UK Qualifying dates -as per the AUK website

200k: Sat 7 Jan - Sun 30 Apr
300k: Sat 11 Mar - Sun 21 May
400k: Sun 9 Apr - Sat 10 Jun
600k: Sat 6 May - Sat 24 June

IIRC that's pretty much the same as in past seasons.  If we all play nicely and don't book up umpteen backups just in case, there will plenty of places for everyone to qualify.  Last time, I think I booked a gnarly 600 on the grounds it would prove good practice and if I didn't get round I would do something else that didn't require qualifying rides instead.

[Lightning Phil]

UK Qualifying dates -as per the AUK website

200k: Sat 7 Jan - Sun 30 Apr
300k: Sat 11 Mar - Sun 21 May
400k: Sun 9 Apr - Sat 10 Jun
600k: Sat 6 May - Sat 24 June

If we all play nicely ...........

My 600 (17/18 June) has just gone into the calendar -> https://www.audax.uk/event-details/9997-the_abbey_craig

In order to encourage playing nicely in PBP year its got

- Effectively an unlimited field (officially 100 but there hasn't been a 600 in Scotland with more than 75 starters in the last 20 yrs)
- Entries open til 2 days before the start (and if Ive got cards available I'll take entries after that too)
- A non trivial entry fee (£25)

Mandatory route, don’t see that too often. Presumably you have to have one or two secret controls for that to work?

[Zed43]

17 controls!? I thought the idea of a mandatory route with secret control(s) was that you don't need an info control at every turn of the route?

[Deano]

12 controls (none of them info's) including the start and finish

https://audax.uk/event-details/10015-slaithwaite

A bit over distance but that's the pay-off, and I can point you at the short-cuts if you want gratuitous hills.

[Lightning Phil]

You can also route down many A roads in the north without it being a deeply unpleasant experience for riders.  With the A road being the shortest route in most cases. Certainly down in East of England you really don’t want to route down most A roads unless overnight.  Hence all the extra infos now being seen for next years events, when they weren’t seen for the same events this year. Min distance enforcement is getting stricter with trunk roads and dual carriageways seen as fair game.

[LittleWheelsandBig]

What is the point of a mandatory route brevet if the controls define the minimum distance anyway? Fixed route brevets I’ve ridden in other countries commonly can be under-distance if shortcut between fixed controls. The secret control/s are supposed to avoid the ‘multitude of controls’ issue.

[The Bonk]

PBP is over distance. So ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[grams]

PBP has giant wiggles in it that are eminently missable. I think it’s something like 1030 km MDBC.

[LittleWheelsandBig]

PBP is about 103% of nominal distance = no big deal for most folk. Many AUK brevets are close to 110%, usually 200s though. Longer AUK brevets tend towards 105% of nominal.

[FifeingEejit]

Min distance enforcement is getting stricter with trunk roads and dual carriageways seen as fair game.

Yeh, I've got one event with a "A9 just dinnae" in the info and another with a control to keep riders the fuck off it.

I'm hoping the stories of the A9 being specialed after the upgrade are true, the locals at Dalmuir have aparently been told that's the reason the Anderson bridge is due to be repaired, which means the rarely driven on section of old road from calvine to dalnachardoch will be one busier with agricultural traffic. Although it would probably completely destroy any chance of someone claiming a new LeJog record.

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[Tomsk]

My Flatlands/Fenland Friends 600s have infos popping up all over them.  But I'd rather that than have to run a couple of secret controls for however many hours. The routes have been slightly extended too, on just the one stage, but they're still basically the same events. So far, the other qualifier (Horsepower 200km) has been accepted as it is, with NO infos! 

[Lightning Phil]

My 200,300,400,600 PBP qualifiers have now all passed the stricter minimum distance requirements. The 200 and 600 are published and taking entries, the 300 and 400 are imminent having been approved tonight.

Phew, got them through before deadline for approval of PBP qualifying events.  Took longer than expected as had to review and update controls of my existing events, not just my new 600. Sure I’m not the only organiser who’s seen this.

The 300 is the most over distance at 3.3% but I have some route tweaks to look at, at my leisure, which would bring that down if I deem them suitable.