A couple of people have kindly sent me pictures of myself at the race last weekend.

At the start.

In control.

Looking concerned

After the thunderstorm

Back, and at least partially rested from twentyfour12.com.

What a fantastic course. Plenty of technical riding, and little in the way of riding round fields. In Keith Bontrager’s words “a course for mountain bikers”.

It started off as a hot dusty day, though in the afternoon there was a large thunderstorm which turned some of the course into rivers of mud. Later in the day/evening it mostly dried out again

My bike,I love, it performed flawlessly.

I hate getting mud in my shorts.

For the record I did the 12 hour solo and came 17th with 10 laps. Running a fixed gear of 38:20.

Thanks of course to my helpers, Ann and the kids.

Not much to say, except a slightly better picture, and a change of bars and stem.

It rides well, looking forward to 24/12 on Saturday.