Better late then never, hehe.
I missed the first round due to being crook with a chest infection, in thinking about it, the illness plus the threat of a wet race was too much for me to handle at the time.
But I managed to drag myself to round 2, considering the course is only 10min drive from my house it wouldn't be worth the flak from my riding mates for not turning up. But I was seriously keen to have a hit out after not competing for what seemed like a long time. After talking to a few of the guys we've decided to race Vets this year, seems like there is a little too much sand bagging (trophy hunting) in B grade so we've gone to Vets instead. Also with the riders being from the same age group it seems more reasonable considering we're not racing against kids in their gap year with tonnes of time to train.
The day was a fairly cool 15 degrees with a little drizzle but only enough rain to settle the dust. The course was set out on some of my favourite trails, and with names like Party Line, Willow Link, and Double Dissolution there's no wondering why they are so good. Especially Double Diss, which has had a tonne of work done lately and is super smooth with some new berms and jumps. It was a short course with each lap being completed in under 15mins and this suited me to the braking mark, I didn't have a great base fitness and could handle short pinchy climbs but would have been busted by anything long and steep.
I basically had a good race, the course was super rewarding and it was hard to conserve on the descents as there was just too much fun to be had. I managed to survive after the first lap fury and went on to over take a couple of riders on the last lap. Including my good friend Trent who I've never beaten before but it seemed like he was having a bad day on and off the track.
My best finish since moving up from C grade so hopefully I can continue with similar results in coming races.
Until next post
Ride on!!
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