Whyte Enduro Round 3 - Thetford Forest

As part of the pre-season preparation the team headed to the latest round of the Whyte Enduro at Thetford Forest. Although the season is almost upon us this is the first race mountain bike race that the team have participated in as they look forward to a long season with some important European races.

This was to be a training exercise and a guide as to how well the winter preparation had gone. It was a full turn out with Paul, Chris and ben taking on the 2 hour senior category and Alex setting himself up for the 2 hour Juniors.

First off was Alex in the Juniors shortly followed by the rest of the team chasing him down in the Senior race. Ben went off at a furious pace and set the pace for the race with Chris following and the two of them forming a small group of riders at the head of the race. Paul was not far behind riding hard to try and reach them. As the race settled down the riders got into their own pace with Ben still giving it his all at the head of the group where he stayed for the majority of the race before he eventually dropped back after a big effort. Meanwhile Chris stayed strong to eventually take 2nd place, Paul stayed steady riding his own race in around 6th position but decided to not complete the final lap leaving him 15th in the race. Ben slowed towards the final lap but still finished in 7th.

Alex rode a very strong race to finish 3rd in the Junior category, a level above where he usually competes!

It was a good solid training race by the entire team and showed the hard pre-season work had started to pay dividends. Back to Training!