Hi everyone.
I wasn't at training on Saturday because I was making my way up to Dalbeattie for the 2nd round of the sxc mtb series. We met up with the rest of the Hetton riders on Saturday to ride the course. It is a really good idea riding the course the day before the race because you can investigate all the tricky parts and you don't tire yourself out on race day.

The course was a fun course with lots of technical downhills. (Joe Home fell off 3 times on one corner!!) There was a part where everyone had to run up it because it was so steep. It was fun but it wasn't a very good course for racing on because the last 2 kilometres were all singletrack, so if you were behind someone there, then you'd probably be behing them until the end.
On Saturday night we had a good time with some tasty food from the barbeque at the Rowland's & Raw's caravans.

On Sunday the weather was warm and sunny which made for a fast course. Everybody did really well but I'll not mention them all because Zoe already has.

I'll see you on Saturday at the coalfields series and those of you who are going to the police headquaters on Sunday.

See you later,
Joe.