It was great to be back racing at the first of the Open 5's after a little break since Jame's fantastic Coast to Coast race. I was looking forward to the day's adventures from Hawkshead even with the deluge of rain that was falling from the skies. Neil and I set off on our bikes first, riding through the torrents of water flowing down the roads following river descents that were previously bridleways, crossing rivers that are normally little water splashes that come up to your waist and almost sweep you off your bike, however the riding was fantastic and I was feeling the flow. We managed to clear the bike in three and half hours with one big mistake that took us down to Grizedale visitor centre and a road climb to get back on track. That left not quite enough time for us to maximise points on the run over claife heights, we took a clockwise route that dropped us down towards windermere and a steep climb back up. With not quite enough time to get to an extra control we managed to push hard to get back with just 4 seconds to spare. Our score of 540 was good enough for 3rd place male pairs behind Al and Ifor Powell. Looking forward to pushing on with my training and the next Open 5 in the Peak. (Photo: Finishing past the flood thanks to James Kirby)
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Thanks for the thumbs it, very wet event. Liking the fact that the peaks event was fairly dry :D
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