So I decided to pass on the Sunday morning club ride to take in the highly talked about Back 40 mtb race in Morden. Now I can see why people continued to talk it up all year.
You had a few choices 80km, 40km,20km and a kids catagory plus it was open to everybody as in you didn’t need a MCA license to take part. I decided to do the 40km as it was pretty much the first time this season I was going to do anything other than coach KOM on my mtb so I figured I’d play it safe. It was a good thing I did as I would have never finished the 80km with my legs beginning to cramp about half way into the second lap and my technical skills are nowhere near where they should be. That aside the single track was super sweet that just seemed to flow perfectly. Sure there was the odd bridge thrown in (I tried to keep count but then decided to focus on not bonking) along with a couple of creek crossings and two road sections that were a sight for a sore butt when all you’ve been doing is road riding.
Post race you got a slice of pizza, cookie and pop which is pretty good post race eats if you ask me. Anyway it was a great event and hats off to the organizers Tim and Kevin plus all the other behind the scene volunteers that helped out because even though these guys are good they’re not that good. JK
Great Job Guys!
That’s all for now,
Allan
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hey allan, it was good to see you out there. we would have to really screw things up to make those trails seem like a bad race. 13 bridges BTW.
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