whinlatter challenge

At the start

Was a good ride, set off in the middle of the pack cause im lazy and didnt get to the start early enough. Managed to get myself in a decent place by the top of the first fire road climb and onto the singletrack, was very slippy off the fireroads and using a better tyre rather than a racing slick would of helped in this. Made up loads of places on the next fire road only to lose them all on the next decent with a massive blow out on the rear tyre. was pretty gutted and it felt like it took about 15 mins to sort out even though it was probably just a few mins (losing my quick release in the bushes didnt help). The rest of the ride was spent trying to make all the places back i had lost and trying to catch shaun who went past when i was mending the flat.

End of 1st lap

Managed to pull back lots of places and had a fast 2nd lap. On the last climb i managed to see Shaun half way up but failed to catch him, i finished 10 seconds behind him in 13th place in my cat at 2 hours 41. Really enjoyed it apart from the puncture and realized at the end i had done 20 miles with my innertube bubbling out the tyre as i had ripped a big hole in the sidewall.

The end

gps