With tired legs from the weekend the thought of yet another 2 hour competition so soon made me 
think twice about travelling, but I know the area very well and thought it would at least loosen my legs up a little. It was good to tie up with GB teamate Killian Lomas before the start and talk about travel plans, clothing and bikes. The Weather although sunny at times was threatening all afternoon, and no sooner had I climbed the first hill the sky opened and it hosed down with rain. The already sodden ground became even worse and I soon found myself covered with muddy spray, with it getting under the plastic map cover and slowly making the map harder and harder to read.
I seemed to pick a good route and even ventured down a few muddy tracks that were new to me. I left the two controls on top of Baslow edge but managed with a huge effort at the end to get the rest. I really had to fly to get back from my last control near Baslow and got in just 1 min 50 secs over time.
Ben Plowman, a local who I managed to beat all weekend finally got his own back on his home turf and managed 12 points more, and pushed me into 3rd behind Mark McPhillips but I was really pleased to just pip Killian. I also ate a proper bar again (Eat Natural date and walnut, what else 🙂 ) and again felt much better than using the gels.
Results available here
Stats – 2 hours 1min 50 secs, 41.4 km
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