I don't think I'll do one of these again. Or, if I do, the course is going to have to be a little less technical.
The course was 70% singletrack and very rooty, rutty and rocky. It was really punishing on your arms and hands and incredibly hard to put up with for 6 hours.
The lack of mountain biking I've done really showed yesterday - I was very average through technical sections of the course. However, all the training I've done also showed - on the uphills I passed people on the climbs only to look behind me 30 seconds later to wonder where they had disappeared to.
My back also hurts today. It took a real battering going over such a bumpy course for 6 hours. In fact, on my sixth lap (I did 9 in total) I got a punture and it took me almost 15 minutes to fix! The ludicrously long time was mainly down to the fact I couldn't bend down to pick my pump up etc. Never had back pain like it!
I'm having a night off tonight.
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Well done! I seem to remember you saying single track was a good thing ;) I had a look at your times. Pretty good i'd say.
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