Thursday 23 July 2009

National Downhill Championships, Innerleithen

Once again for this race senior,expert and elite are all put in together.

I think personally it was the best track I have raced at inners! From the top it took you down to the road gap and into the tunnel where its on the pedal till you get to the luge, one of the funnest sections at inners.

Cross the fire road and drop down into the gold run more or less but with a new finish that was nice and steep! with plenty of corners to negotiate and lose rocks to try their best to take you down. Finally a muddy off camber long chute then sprint to the finish.

We only had one clean race run between the 3 of us at that came from Lewis so definitely a round of applause because he seems to be the one who can stay on the most! Cub lost it on the steep section and his bike ran away from him which meant he had to go get his bike then push up to were it broke the tape! I caught my back wheel on a log when I was on a tight turn and went right over the bars into a tree. So cub and I were totally gutted!

Here's how the Ae Bike Shop and Solway Insulation Services Team got on.

Cub in Junior with a crash 3.50.648 41/42
Lewis in senior/expert/elite 3.26.988 86/96
Myself in senior/expert/elite 3.17.774 72/96

If it was just a senior category on its own Lewis would have came 21st and I would have came 10th.

Now we have a three week break and when we come back we will be as fresh as ever, faster than ever and no longer falling on our arses!

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