Back to winning ways...

Open5 Success
A good race both on bike and foot means a return to the top of the table.
After a win at a local night mtb score event and good run out orienteering around Coledale on Thursday night, last week was topped off by a gloriously sunny day of Adventure Racing in and around Sedbergh in the Western Dales. After being too optimistic on the bike in the South Pennines, we looked at this map differently, and as well as route choices, we decided which controls we would prefer to drop before the start.


Once we had started and knew the control values the plan was confirmed - we'd drop one far out control on the bike and aim to leave plenty of time for the run. The bike went smoothly, with fabulous riding on the fast and dry trails. Coming into transition after exactly 3 hours gave us the confidence to stretch out on the run, our X-talons proving once again the perfect race shoe on the varying terrain - rock, ice and mud, hardpack, steep fell and grassy fields. We left one run control worth only 5 points and headed off the fell to where solid navigation through a maze of farms and footpaths brought us in to finish 14 minutes early. 580 points out of 600, our highest total so far in these events.


Looking forward to racing as well again in North Wales on Easter Monday for the final Open5 of the season.