Southern Trail Ride – Princes Risborough 2009

Loz sent me an email a couple of weeks ago about a mountain bike event www.trailbreak.co.uk were running in Princes Risborough. I’ve been itching to get back out and for £12 I was keen to give it a go.

Once again we were blessed with clear skys and sunshine. If this happens the next time I ride with Loz I’m going to think he’s a lucky weather charm and only ride with him throughout the winter!

The course was a mix bag of trail and road. Nothing particuallary tricky but the mud, wet leaves and chalk surfaces meant you had to have you whits about you. There were a couple of places where you couldn’t physically ride up the steep muddy slopes and I was grateful for the studs in my shoes.

All in all I had a great day out, got some miles in and most importantly got very muddy. We didn’t hammer it round but we still managed to get a gold time. There’s a typo on my result – I didn’t take 12 hours!

I’d like to add a note about the organisation. For a small outfit they were superb. The event was well organised, staffed and marked. The GPX supplied was spot on and they even offered a .crs version for my Garmin. A small touch that saved me the usual last minute faf.. Big thanks and I look forward to the next one.