Crankworx - Challenger Enduro

The first weekend of Crankworx Rotorua kicked things off with a big enduro race weekend. I took part in the Challenger event which was a one day practice - one day race format and was run the day before the pro's event. Fortunately we got the weather and what had been a damp course for practice dried up (mostly) into hero dirt for race time! The course covered just 4 timed stages but took us on an all day route around the Redwoods with most riders clocking up well over 50km and 5+ hours. I held it together all day and finished with no crashes and a respectable time putting me at the right end of the men's open field. Thanks to Abby and Paul, who I rode with for the day, for keeping the banter high throughout!

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