A short report from me.
now 3 races done.
First one wasn't good for me...maybe it was sleepless night or it was me or 30+ heat or bike's rear shifter...... Enjoyed descents and jumps but couldn't eat all climbs and gears weren't working properly too. I took it as a practice anyway.
Next day it was half marathon race in SEB series. Took it pretty well, was surprised myself. (Still have to upload video footage from this).
Finished 739th from almost 1400 riders (bear in mind, I've been seeded to the back of grid due to not riding all season and that I hadn't any points from previous races).
Then it was week off to sort out bike's tech issues with gears ( new cables and derailleur) and I was away with kids in capital for a youth dance and folk festival. So no BIKING all week.
Got up Sunday early dropped kids off and drove home 90km. Then quick change , bit food and to another car ready to drive another 40 km to race town. Vivus mtb marathons in Smiltene I always liked, they are using loads of single trails and it getting more popular every year. This was my first mtb race two years ago when I started doing this thing called MTB and as I remember now I could get up in most hills back then
All night was heavy rainin so it looked that it will be interesting race. Went off start line good and with confidence. Was funny to see that some ppl couldn't get up even in first small climb (and I remembered myself couple years ago). Was going well on first km's and then bit fooked up and came off bike banging head against other riders rear wheel. And landed on my left wrist. Got up quickly and continued.....calmed myself down a bit and get in to rythm and to see if there's any injuries . After that all was fine and I was trying to push as much as I could. It was difficult to overtake in single trails so was just following and waiting for opportunity to overtake.
I enjoyed this race so much . Amazing views , trails and competition to the last meter of race. Finished 117th from nearly 300 riders. Might be better position if not that crash....
But so far most definitely this was best race ever what I have done here.
Now week for recovery,rest, bit training and next weekend racing again.
Haven't decided where yet. Plan was latvian xco champs but have to wait and see what's the story with licence there. If no go, then we have a backup race . Summer is goood here, you can race almost every weekend
Most pictures are on my FB page.
Anyway, that's all for now folks.
and if you have free spare time I uploaded full race video from last Sunday un my YouTube channel , 6 episodes (why that gopro cuts videos in episodes?
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https://youtu.be/OFUy6CaRJNc
