The second National round was going to have a good turn out of competitive riders due to this being a category 1 event with UCI points up for grabs as well as some good prize money. With this season being the first race of year, the level of racing just got stepped up again as I am now in the Under23 age category which means racing with the Elite men also. After building up some good base over the past few months I was feeling pretty good about where I was at with my training and with a new machine it was time to unleash it on the racing scene and compete in my first race on it.
So this season I am riding on Trek Superfly 29'er hardtail and I am loving it! Anyway before I start raving on about it back to the race - The day's weather sure turned on a cracker of a day with mid-thirties temperatures but luckily the race was based in the shaded forest trees that had some excellent fast flowing tracks as well as a nice short sharp single track climb to keep everyone honest. Before I knew it I was at the start line and with a fairly average warm up done due to the heat I wasn't feeling as awake as what I should have been. This wasn't good as I had a terrible start and got caught up in the chaos in the early stages of the race. Finally when some space opened up I was able to start the big catch up and gained some places throughout the 6 lap trace finishing in 8th positiion and 3rd Under 23 male.
With Nationals about 6 weeks away its now time to start the intenstiy in the training so looking forward to getting some good form and speed in the time frame available.
Big thanks to my sponsor Cycleways for helping me out with the new bike as well as Cyclesport and to Mark Leishman for accommodating myself and travel buddy Logan on our adventure up to Napier as well as my Parents!
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