Another all too rare [of late], hit out at the FGP dirt crits last Thursday night. Still dark so needed the Nite Lightning helmet mounted light. Squeezing in a mad bike commute home to change bikes & ride out to the stinky park (Westgate), I got there real late, just as everyone was lined up for the start. Paid, numbered bike & rolled off way after all of the field completed the prologue loop & started into the first bit of singletrack.
All the grades started at the same time so it was a congested start, which I thankfully missed being so far back from the off.
Course was dry & real fast, the tyres tracked true through everything, never giving an inch regardless of how cavalier I was getting with line selection & brazenly storming into corners with way too much on song.
Organisers ran tags on the bikes & electronic timing which seemed to work (I heard mine beep with each lap).
I had a clear run on my first lap because I was late & was able to easily pass some of the other riders as the field had spread out by the time I came across the first bloke. It was so refreshing to be able to put riders away one at a time like that, that it meant that I was way too distracted & kept motivated enough during the race to stay on the rivet while not realising how tired I was actually getting until the last lap (of 6) where I hit the wall.
Lots of fun, I should do this more often.
My ride stat Endomondo
I have a biggie lined up later in the year, teaming up for ‘Jeep’ 24 hour MTB at Redesdale in late November, so I had better start ‘tapering’. I should drag the roadie out for a bay side roll Saturday morning & throw some weights around, although sleep is still a very important part of a good training regime.
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