Classic Weekender

Singletrack Classic Weekender

Having a vague idea of what to expect, i decided it was about time we did an event in Ju's neck of the woods, he raved about it last year and as this was only its second year running I thought it would be nice to take part in a small event, maybe there even being a chance of being placed quite high if not many girls entered?

Having ridden in Lee Quarry before I familiar with the terrain and had always enjoyed the riding.

The first event was the downhill, hahahaha, the course was not in the least how i expected, some sections just didn't seem to flow at all, but after two seeding runs I was starting to enjoy downhilling! First run was about 3 mins 20 seconds second about 3 mins 15 seconds.

Next was the trials hahahahaha first uphill climb - fail, second track stand - fail, third see-saw - just pass hooray! forth log run - pass :) , fifth large uphill steps - fail. 2/5 not too bad considering I had done zero preparation for this event!

Aim had two quite epic fails, first on the hill climb when she ended up as a turtle and second on the large steps, which resulted in an over the bars photo which in the end bagged her a prize of a new radley frame!

Now the downhill event, both Aimee and I were starting at 5.30pm so plenty of time to worry about what lay ahead. We watched the faster riders hammer down the quarry then headed up to the start gate. My run went quite well apart from a slip on the lower gravel section, which would of cost me a few seconds. But I was pleased with the time on the clock 3.04 which later changed to 3.06???? Not sure why? But pleased anyway. Aim suffered her final fall for the day also on the lower gravel section and came in 3.15.

Day 2 consisted of a cross country race around the quarry, all time penalties added up to starting position 10 minutes behind the race leaders. Aim shot off and I didn't see her again the the rest of the race! Well done sis! I battled my way round, racing level with another lady on an Orange 5, who I managed to overtake on the climbs each lap, I think it also helped that i took the red route down instead of the black, which I worked out on the first lap was the fastest route. I found the race quite grouling, and was dissing myself for not having removed my jacket before hand, but after ditching it with John on the final lap, started to enjoy the course more. Overall coming 7th beating the lady on the Orange 5 quite considerably.