Change of venue this year as some trail work was being carried out at Swinley, so off to Porridgepot Hill we ventured. The weather had been great all week and we were looking forward to fast dusty trails. The course at Porridgepot is usually around 7 miles for the popular Are You Tough Enough event so cutting in another 2.5 miles of racetrack must have been a worry for the Gorrick team but as usual they dished up a very good course.
Quite a few of us had a late night at Matt and Anna's wedding celebrations, so the 4 lap race which was a 10.30am start was inviting and gave us a little bit of a lie in!
We had a great turnout of 10 people in the 4 lap race and 3 in the 3 lap from both the shop team and club members.
Team riders Emma,Marc and Will had great rides coming 2nd,5th and 7th in their races.
This was most of the club riders first bash at the event and by the end we all had plenty of respect for a tough course, some a little disappointed that it wasn't much fun but a great Jim Barrow statement that racing is fun when it stops, otherwise you're not trying hard enough!
So on that ethos we must have all been really riding on the rivet as they say. Well done to everyone.
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