What a coarse! This is my new favourite coarse lots of singletrack, wet roots and sum really good descents-what more could you ask for!
We had a lovely downpour of rain on Friday night just to soften things up and make those roots a little bit slippier.
I was really pleased to have a bike start I had my best start and then my saddle slipped on the rails, slightly annoying but no biggy. My heart wasn’t in the race and I struggled to get my mind in the right zone, which is surprising because I like riding in the rain and can handle mud /wet roots and I was only doing a 12hr.It wouldn’t effect my performance too much, in these situations I just let my legs and lungs do the work and they never let me downit's a good test of character when you still have to race but your heads not focused.
I went steady and just concentrated on my riding, in the rain you couldn’t afford to make a mistake, choosing the right lines into the mud and committing to the roots by hitting them with enough speed was essential.
When it got dark the mist made seeing really difficult and the rain didn’t help visability, it was still warm so it wasn’t bad.
I managed to win the race but my mental performance was rough luckily my physical performance did the work and was acceptable.
Note to myself: remember to bring my mojo for the next race.
We had a lovely downpour of rain on Friday night just to soften things up and make those roots a little bit slippier.
I was really pleased to have a bike start I had my best start and then my saddle slipped on the rails, slightly annoying but no biggy. My heart wasn’t in the race and I struggled to get my mind in the right zone, which is surprising because I like riding in the rain and can handle mud /wet roots and I was only doing a 12hr.It wouldn’t effect my performance too much, in these situations I just let my legs and lungs do the work and they never let me downit's a good test of character when you still have to race but your heads not focused.
I went steady and just concentrated on my riding, in the rain you couldn’t afford to make a mistake, choosing the right lines into the mud and committing to the roots by hitting them with enough speed was essential.
When it got dark the mist made seeing really difficult and the rain didn’t help visability, it was still warm so it wasn’t bad.
I managed to win the race but my mental performance was rough luckily my physical performance did the work and was acceptable.
Note to myself: remember to bring my mojo for the next race.
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