Having raced here before I knew what was to come long field straights n nightmare tight n 1 v steep decent to a tree , with the pre lap done to keep warm n rain had stopped finnally the race started , racing across soaking grass we hit the fields I got straight to the front and kept my position a good strong race to finish 2nd
With some top riders and my team mate in the running I had to do well, there was a 1000 riders n the top guys were having no prisoners n they said its not a race!! We followed the lead car as usally for 6k till we turned off and I lead for the first 5 k n let nick n fan pass on the hill before rejoining the group n sat 10th most of the way , I was going strong not used to this distance I kept chainganging up the hills then lost them by the top I was powering on to the arena where josh raced me to the finish in 3hr17min ? 3rd in vets 11th overall behind dan 3hr05 first nick 3.07 2nd n lee 3.13 9th great race enjoyed it and weather was good. my cannondale 29er was flying
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