Has it really been a month?

Hiya guy and girls, I seem to be constantly apologising for the tardy nature of my blog posts so this time around, I'm not going to bother!
Been a busy month since the twentyfour12, trying to get ready for the Brighton BigDog 6 hour race and on the whole, it went well. I entered the event in a team of three, myself, my brother and Mr. Guy Colbourne; a regular http://sussexmuddyarse.wordpress.com/ rider and a good mate. Despite ominous weather forecasts leading up to the race, the weather was pretty much perfect and the course bone dry from start to finish. Guy took the first lap, Simon second with me third. Hugely proud of Simon who has been training hard all year to get himself ready and I'm hoping its been a big boost to his confidence as we're racing the Dusk till Dawn 12 hour night enduro in early October so hopefully he'll be even quicker by then. All three of us had a good race, even though I managed to only fit in 1 lap due to the timings ( any lap finished after 1800hrs didn't count ) I did my lap on this:

A Yeti 575, a frankly amazing bike and the most fun I've had on an mtb in ages. I was able to concentrate on riding fast and not on mincing over the rough stuff to ease my back. I had a great lap, really giving it the beans and two days on my back feels fine. All i need to do now is sell one of the kids to buy one...

So, a good weekend, a good result in that we finished the race, only one minor mechanical and we all enjoyed it. Good job done! It puts us in a good place to prepare for October and I'm considering a duathalon in February as something to give me motivation to get out in the depths of winter! Right, I'm going to have some dinner then go for a ride. I'll post up after the next club ride!


A couple of pics from the race. ( some on Guy's nice camera, some on my rubbish phone camera. )

Simon at speed: 

 Squadron Leader Colbourne:

Me, Mr Smith and a Yeti: 

Take it easy guys and gurls!

Jim.