Ellovo Eston 40km Mtb

Woke up with sore legs from the day before and I instantly knew my race was gonna be tough. Driving up knew that I had to pace myself and ride sensibly to finish in a good position.

On the first 3km climb I felt just how sore my legs really were, but i was managing to hang on to 5th junior just ahead on Travis Deacon and Ross van der Merwe. At around 20km I was caught by Travis and Ross but managed to hang on to them on the single track sections. Soon me and Ross and two other riders broke away from Travis who made a mistake in the single-track at 25km. Unfortunately at 30km I slashed my rear tire and had to stop to put in a tube only to find that my bomb was empty and I had to wait for 5/10min for someone to give me a bomb. By that time i knew i wouldn't be able to catch up the others so I decided to rather stay with Robin Ryan and help her catch her next opposition who was just up the track from her. Unfortunately we never caught her, and i finished in 2hrs and 7 Junior.

Was a good race just unfortunate about the puncture, can't wait until the next race.