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