Yeah, it was awesome. If there is an event that you can't miss, its Harrow.
The course was shortened down from the proposed 37km loop to around 20km, but what was left was still pretty tough going, thanks to a combination of "Harrow Arrow" and the mud.
Five(?) Sections were shortened down to three. The word was that Section Two was the tough one, with two significant boggy sections, but Sections One and two and Three were OK.
The course was a clover leaf, with the end of sections one, the start of sections two and three all being in the one spot. The end of S3/start of S1 was the fuel dump near the start.
Riding through people's backyards was a novel experience, and is part of what makes Harrow unique.
Then the usual first lap arrow chase, trying to find the track. It was funny the way groups of riders would form and break up. It reminded me of playing 'chalk chase' as a kid.
Some of the bogs were detoured around, others couldn't be. It was weird having deep bogs on the side of otherwise dry hills.
As it turned out, the worst bog is S1 was bypassed, there was only one really bad bog in S2, and the killer section was near the end of S3 - a run up the side of a hill, with a fence on one side and the creek on the other. There was at least two bikes stuck in this section every lap after the first - sometimes a lot more.
Personal event report later.
