N-Duro Race 1

Over the weekend the first race of the N-Duro 2012 GALAXY TRAVEL WINTER MTB SERIES under the new owner Ra Bhana, it was a perfect frosty clear day freezing cold and a bloody good race with HOT Soup, lollies, cup cakes and music after. Ra has me on board as the course designer so I coped a bit of stick, but mostly jokes and positive comments, the course was super hard with lots of climbing up to the best descents in the forest, everyone loved it and are hungry for more N-Duro action.


I had a good day taking the win by 4mins from pro roadie Clinton Avery and Mikey Northcott, In the early stages they had me on the ropes but once I warmed up abit I was into it just waiting for my time to go, We had Mikey about 50 meters off the back of us most of the day until he caught back up on the 20 minutes of descending on the run from Splitnz to Roller Coaster, after that it was up the last main climb of the day, up hill road onto corners, this is where I made my move Surprisingly out climbing the boys, and ripping a decent lead.

Very stoked with how I rode I am back into training now but the speed I had was a huge Surprise, I must have just needed to freshen up after the hard last year. Rest week now then into the miles this weekend with a training camp in Wahi with the Waiariki Academy of Sport and some triathletes from Auckland

Anyway next N-Duro is Sunday the 5th of August from the Waipa carpark.
http://www.n-duro.co.nz/winter/evdesc.php

Here is the start of the race and some mean moves from my view

Cheers
Carl