Sometimes I can get a massive high for short races, that makes my legs go and my lungs scream. It's a sugar / adrenalin high that I don't think I've properly experienced this season yet. It's interesting because Anne is diabetic so under the same conditions her legs will not work at all. It's the complete opposite for us.
The start was a big fire road climb all the way to the top. I zoomed off on my sugar high and Anne chased with her non working legs. I realised and held back and when we got to the top there was some nice single track in the trees. There were photographers all over the place! They hopefully got some nice Skedaddle shots of us. We had to do two laps and they'd cut some bits out as they were too water logged. It was a lovely sunny evening and it was a nice time trial course. Nothing technical, one drop where the cameraman nearly got run over each time, and an off camber rooty corner that I messed up both times! that was it. Feeling good but a little apprehensive about the distance in the next two races. Haven't ridden that far on a MTB this year yet!
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