Asg night race and MTN National Dullstroom

As always teammate Kyle wood and I were very excited about the asg night race , it is always fun and helps remind me why l took up the sport to start with. On the start line we decided not to go too hard because of the first leg of the mtn national mtb series taking place two days later. We put in a hard team effort in the start and we were soon of the front with one other rider . Kyle and I managed first and second in the end. With this behind us I started to focus on my preparation for the national half marathon in Dullstroom.

Saturday morning everyone were filling their pockets with high 5 energy gels and knowing that the route will be very muddy we were drowning our chains with squirt lube at the epic sports cycle shop tech zone. On the start line I was dead keen to start racing the wait felt like a life time. When we got going I wasn't in the front but on the first hill I caught up with the two leaders we rode a hard but steady pace and soon it was only myself and another rider the kilometers flew by very quickly, the singletracks were very muddy I was very grateful for my continental X king tyre helping me to keep the rubber side down. I lost focus for a few seconds and didn't notice the rider getting away this meant that I was back to chasing. The chasing continued all the way to the finish line where I finished 20 seconds behind the first placed rider. I feel that I still have a lot of room for improvement and I'm looking forward to the hard work ahead,  This was my first podium on a national race, and I'm hungry for more !

Jacques