The Bordon enduro was held on sunday 24th October and with it came a bright crisp morning,the opposite to my last race meeting I,m glad to say. Having been picked up at eight by Damian we were soon heading up the A3 to a track that was new to me but I,d heard good things about. Arriving at nine we soon had coffee in hand, bikes out and layers added as it was quite cold out of the winter sun. Southdownsbikes were represented by myself, Damian Redman and Ian Petherbridge with the three of us trying to keep warm on the start line until the race started at ten thirty. All of us doing the four hour format, two in the vets with me in the 18-39 cat. The usual hell broke loose for the first lap with Ian quickly out of sight I tried to keep a steady pace on what was a great course of flowing trail with little fireroad to streach out on. With laps coming round at 35mins the weather remained chilly with the sun getting stronger when out of the woods I was enjoying this one hoping to stay consistent and not fade to much. Three laps in saw me grabbing bottle and food at the pits only to see Ian having tyre probs with sealant bubbling out of his front wheel and putting in a tube. The laps came round quickly and i had some great battles on the way not least with Ben Conner, a mate of Ian's who beat me in the end of an exhausting 7 laps. Well done to all,wish all winter race's were like that.
Damian Redman: 15th 6 laps 4h:14:22
Ian Petherbridge: 6th 7 laps 4h:18:56
Alex Davey: 12th 7laps 4h:14:27
Alex
Thought i finished in 4:14 ;-)
ReplyDeleteYou did, utmost apologies. See you at the Brass Monkeys
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