I’m gonna buy Weeksy a Jersey with DNS on it 😉

I had to take a marker pen and scribble his name off of last years Brecon Beast T-shirt 😀

Next time he posts a thread asking what event to train for I’m going to ignore it and put it down to the phase of the moon or something 😉 **

**I’m not questioning his reasons for not going to this btw just friendly banter 😀

Hindsight but had I known how tight the transitions would be I’d have gone into the sport class. My legs were dead by the end of stage 3. Did enjoy my day especially as I didn’t fall off or break anything on my bike. Think my fitness needs a massive boost before next year

I’m quite interested to hear about this from someone giving it a go for the first time.

First time racing ever for me on Sunday, so was going in pretty blind. The transitions were much longer and harder than I thought they would be 😀 . Stages 1-3 were roughly what I thought the timed bits were going to be like, 4 and 5 were probably the hardest runs I’ve ever done, but I managed to keep momentum through them and keep it rubber side down, so those 2 stages made the day for me. stoked. 😛

Out of interest, how did this one compare to the other ones in the series, and just other enduro type races in general?

PEDAAAAALL! 😆

[/quote]So MiniEnduro at FoD next then lads
https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/108508/One-Industries-Mini-Enduro—Forest-of-Dean-November-2014

Signing up now. Lets have it!

It was my first go at an enduro as well. The stages were about as hard as I expected but the transitions were WAY harder than I thought they were gonna be. Was hoping some local knowledge might have helped

There was a section between 2 and 3 that should have been a stage I reckon.

Yeah, how mad was that transition! I loved stage 1, and stage 2 was a bit of a blast, but could have been kept to singletrack instead.

It felt a lot further than it actually was

That’ll be the 3500ft of climbing in 17miles.

I forgot to set my strava before I left so I didn’t have a clue what the climbing height was. No wonder my legs died

https://www.rootsandrain.com/race2494/2014-oct-5-x-fusion-enduro-1-4-great-wood-quantocks/photos/

Some good shots in here…

It was awesome riding,can’t wait till next year.

The Marshall shouting PEDDDDAAAAL !! was a legend.

Ooo, photos. Now I see why they make full face lids.

That marshal was the lovely Phil from Tidworth Freeride – he is legend; FACT. 🙂

My head, jaw, neck and back are all aching after my crash yesterday, the day after always hurts more.

Legs are ok though, could have done with some more climbs 😆

Any more footage anyone?

I think I got the most penalties for missing starts as I was huffing and puffing up all the climbs. Some serious hard work for me to get into shape next year.