🙌 Yay…I Think I’ve Solved It! 💪🏼

Hi all…It’s time to celebrate as i think i’ve finally (after about a year) solve the problem of THE left hand corner, that i’d kept missing again and again whenever the sun is out!! 💪🏼 

This nemesis kept fighting me all the way through the ‘Ultra Step Challenge’ i did during advent 2020…And it has kept fighting me during my training now for my ‘Blindman Trail Marathon’…Until now! 🙌

I’ve finally realised that once i’ve taken the apex of this left hander below…I say taken the apex but i mean, when the bush on the left smashes against my left side…It sounded much too clean before and i don’t want you thinking that this is easy! 🤣

I start counting my steps until i hit 90 then i veer off to the left. I’ve only tried this this morning and it worked (i didn’t hit any trees). On Saturday i counted 100 steps and 80 steps but they were too far and too soon.

The sun this morning was totally blinding (pun intended) and i really hoped that 90 steps would be spot on…So i just went for it and didn’t hit anything! 💪🏼 I’m not sure if the image above is as confusing for you as it is for me, but i tried to take a photo of the left hand corner that veers off?!

I’ll try my calculation out again tomorrow morning to see if it was just a fluke, lol…But if it works, this could be a game changer for e in my marathon training. 💪🏼 😀

Oh…I havn’t named these corners yet either, so you’ll have to wait before i bore you to death (even more) with my many names…And this trail has lots and lots of corners, chicanes and straights! 🤣 

 

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Memorising My Trail Marathon Track – #2 ‘The Carousel’ 🤔

Hi all it’s ‘Memorising Monday’..So it’s time (once again) to engage your imagination to the max, before you make the link i’m suggesting for the second corner that i’ve named on my trail marathon track, lol! 🤣

 

 It was absolutely hammering it down with rain on Saturday, and i was glad that my iPhone wasn’t too wet to take the photo…But the camber on this left hander is amazing and it just forces you around the corner without even turning. It seems like it has accessibility built in, as i don’t have to figure out where the bend is as it just throws me around the corner! 💪🏼 😀

Once i’ve blitzed out of the corner i always think of the ‘Carousel’ at the Nürburgring! 😲 

Memorising race tracks…🤔  

Since playing ‘Le Man 24Hr’, ‘Pole Position’, ‘Outrun’ and many more in the arcades as a child, then playing racing games on the Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, PS1, PS2, PS3 & PS4 i’ve always been good at memorising tracks. This didn’t stop when i was registered blind either! Using my memorisation skills i can still drive around some of my fave tracks like Spa Francorchamps, Monza, Suzuka, Interlagos and Le man…But after all these years, i still havn’t managed to memorise the full Nürburgring! 😭

This sets me up nicely for naming lots of the straights, corners and chicanes whilst trying to memorise the trail marathon track. I just hope i don’t bore you to death with all of the motorsport references before i finish, lol! 🤣

The Trail Marathon…😲    

I know I’ll be stretching myself past my limits for this challenge and so your encouragement and support would really help me to keep my training on track. Any donation you can spare would build my morale and endurance so I can smash this and reach my £1,000 goal to make my mum proud.

Together we can be a force for change and BEAT MS! 💪🏼 

Steve’s Blindman Trail Marathon

Fundraising for Multiple Sclerosis SocietyIn Memory of my mum Valerie.

Read all about my story and epic challenge HERE

Memorising My Trail Marathon Track – #1 ‘The Corkscrew’ 🤔

Hi all! I’m going to ask you to engage your imagination to the max, before you make the link i’m suggesting for the first corner that i’ve named today on my trail marathon track, lol! 🤣

The photo (above) in no way shows the rough incline which pops your hip out if you hit it wrong (done it a few times), but as i walk up it (not down like the race track) i always think about ’The Corkscrew’ at Laguna Seca. 😲  

WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca – From Wikipedia…

The famous Turn 8 and 8A combination, popularly referred to as ‘the Corkscrew’, is considered one of the motorsport world’s most challenging turns, due to the 18-metre drop in elevation as well as its blind crest and apex on the uphill approach.

Memorising race tracks…🤔  

Since playing ‘Le Man 24Hr’, ‘Pole Position’, ‘Outrun’ and many more in the arcades as a child, then playing racing games on the Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, PS1, PS2, PS3 & PS4 i’ve always been good at memorising tracks. This didn’t stop when i was registered blind either! Using my memorisation skills i can still drive around some of my fave tracks like Spa Francorchamps, Monza, Suzuka, Interlagos and Le man…But after all these years, i still havn’t managed to memorise the full Nürburgring! 😭

This sets me up nicely for naming lots of the straights, corners and chicanes whilst trying to memorise the trail marathon track. I just hope i don’t bore you to death with all of the motorsport references before i finish, lol! 🤣

 

The Trail Marathon…😲    

 

I know I’ll be stretching myself past my limits for this challenge and so your encouragement and support would really help me to keep my training on track. Any donation you can spare would build my morale and endurance so I can smash this and reach my £1,000 goal to make my mum proud.

 

Together we can be a force for change and BEAT MS! 💪🏼 

 

Steve’s Blindman Trail Marathon

 

Fundraising for Multiple Sclerosis SocietyIn Memory of my mum Valerie.

 

Read all about my story and epic challenge HERE