So, with 23 days to go, I decided to enter a mountain bike race to see how my training has been going. There were 3500 entrants, and it was on a beautiful wine farm Boschendal, where you are not usually allowed to ride. It was 55km long, and because I was not seeded, I had to start with hundreds of people way back in the bunch. I played catch up the whole race, and the last 15km, all the age groups were thrown in on the same trail towards the finish line. It was chaotic, with kiddies and grannies and very large people on bicycles, you had to control yourself not to race past the kids and push over the grannies, but to still try and get to the finish line ASAP! I finished 18th overall out of 50 in the pro women’s category, and only 7 min behind some of the top xc pro.
girls in the country. I was stoked to say the least, and I had to start way way back. I felt great, and it was a good confidence booster for the Epic. I did the same race last year, and I was so done afterwards, so this is a good sign of things to come (I hope!). Cape Town is bike crazy at the moment, with the Argus road race this coming weekend and the Giro road race that started today.
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