Sherwood pines, Nottingham UK
It was back up to Sherwood Pines for the first round of the series. As the enduro was cancelled I swapped events and thought I'd have a go at xc.
I noticed xc etiquette is quite different! Although I take my riding seriously I felt some people took it to the negative extreme - I'll let my riding do the talking and leave the masochism else where.
After excepting the eliteness of all it was time to get down to business, I was slightly disappointed in BC's decision to enter me in the sport category as I felt it was unfair on others in the category because I have done race's before and I found it extremely frustrating starting on the grid last.
At the last minute, on the line, I manged to progress to the front where I intended to try and hold my position into the singletrack. And I did.
From there I picked off riders that were in front and made it my aim to catch the expert women just to prove a point.
The course was a lot better than I expected and there were a few fun bits, I did have to get off at one point because there was a pile up were someone had fallen at the bottom of a dip and then some more people had landed on them, tried hard not to laugh!
I didn`t find the course too demanding and the pace was fine, I won the sport category but most importantly I learnt that I love riding and will never behave towards other cyclists the way some people behaved towards others at this event.
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