SLEEPLESS IN THE SADDLE : MUDFEST PART 2

What can I say?! It started off muddy, and it ended muddy. One front of heavy rained followed the other throughout the weekend making the race both physically and mentally draining. It was a shame because this year saw some welcome extra sections of singletrack on the course to keep it interesting.

We kept our nerve during the first 12 hours, but our morale and enthusiasm deteriorated during the night, which showed in our placings, dropping us to about 25th during the night. Fortunately for us, it was difficult for everyone and some determined laps during the early hours of Sunday and a final push towards the end of the race brought us back into the Top 10.

I'd like to say it was fun in the mud, but not this time, but we are over the moon with our 9th place.