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Welsh XC champs

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BY: phil Morris

Published: 5th September, 2012


I entered the welsh champs knowing that it would come at the end of 6 weeks off the bike, my theory was that it would get me back into the swing of things!
Returning from the USA on the Wednesday I decided to do short local TT, man that was a bad idea after about 2 miles I thought I was having a heart attack and had to just roll my way to the finish! Things were worse than I expected.

So come Sunday morning I was a bit nervous about the race.

First up was my wife Donna and she had a great race looking strong all the way through, and it was a very technically challenging course!

I went out for my practise with Neil Hayward and embarrassed myself by falling off going uphill. This has left me with a bloody sore finger! The course was very tricky but a great MTB course.

My race started at 1330 and the experts were gridded last due to been the only non-champs category, which wasn't a problem as there were only 3 of us!
On the gun I took off and as soon as we went around the first corner I was struggling to keep the pace, I just didn't have any speed! At this point I started think it was going to be a long race!

Going into the first decent I had managed to catch a few riders but I think I was still last in my category. Starting up the main climb of the race I caught up with 2nd and got past. Over the rest of the lap I was not in a very happy place, but I did catch a few more riders. At the start of lap 2 I was still in second but there was quite a gap up to Mark Davies in first! I decided to forget about the race and just try and maintain a good pace. By the end of the lap I had Mark insight again and this spurred me on. Half way through lap 3 I managed to catch Mark and sneak past. For the rest of the lap Mark was right on my tail, come the next climb I gave it all I had and managed to get a gap.
The last lap was spent trying not to blow up and keep an eye open for Mark. I ended up finishing 1st which I was over the moon about and very surprised, as I had been off the bike for the last 6 weeks and was just hoping to finish without dying!!
Having said that I wouldn't have wanted to do any more as my legs were totally cooked!

I really enjoyed the course very tricky and you couldn't have a lapse of concentration for even a second or you'd end up on you arse!!

Thanks to Scot and team for the event and hopefully we will see a return of the Welsh XC series next year!

Congratulations to all the Welsh Champs

Finally Thanks to Donna for feeding me and motivating/screaming at me during the race!!

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