English Marathon Championships - Crow Hill, New Forest

The second day of the weekend at Crow Hill saw the hosting of the English Marathon Championships. Our guys were feeling the effects of yesterdays racing but still with determined attitude took to the start line for a second day of racing.

Today saw Chris in the 50km senior mens category and Alex, Nat and Ben in the 50km Junior category. The riders initially started the 12.5km loop together, helping each other to stay focused and get to the front of the race but as the race progressed they eventually splintered leaving just Ben and Alex riding together. Another bad day, mechanically for Chris saw him drop down the field much to his disappointment after feeling strong in the morning, he eventually finished in 30th position. After two laps down, Ben made the move on Alex pulling out a gap and finishing in an excellent 2nd position picking up his 2nd podium of the weekend. Alex started feeling the strain and dropped to 5th but considering he was riding up in the Junior ranks this was an impressive display. Meanwhile Nat had been plodding away and finished in 3rd, another excellent result from the improving monkey!

Once again, the team showed tremendous character and proved that we are progressing nicely!