6th Pro men
The first priority one race of my season and I was fizzing for a good race. I was happy with the track, it had good length steep climbs that suits my style. Being a home track really boosted my confidence to try and get onto the podium.
Everyone was at this race and I wanted a good result with the likes of Stu Holtham, Mikey Northcott, Carl Jones, Dirk Peters and Brendon Sharret all going good for nationals next weekend.
The Rotorua starts are always hard because it is a drag race up the tarmac Nursery rd into the first bit of single track. Once you in the single track there is limited passing until about half way around the track. I had a good start mixing it up with the big boys and getting into the single track about top five.
As I counted down each lap I felt stronger and stronger, I knew how hard each climb was and I knew just what intensity I could hold to last the whole race. Being my home track, I was out there doing my interval training on the course to achieve this.
Overall I had a great race, nothing went wrong and I was well hydrated from Raiseys HYRD8.
A big thanks to Mati for organising the race and the Rotorua Mountain Bike Club.
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