The first of the National series races was to be held at Cascades, on the World cup track. To make things even better, it was only a week before the World Cup and so there were a lot of international riders. Most of the being the ones who want to take the win in the final at the World Cup, so they were all riders I look up to. I was excited to get back on the Morewood for another muddy race, Yip... it was raining all week and the course got trashed.
The weekend started off with rain, some mist, professional athletes and A LOT of mud. My first run up was with Arron Gwinn, and it was so surreal to be talking to him! Pedaling became the biggest task to do on the track. The thick mud didn't make for easy riding, but I always enjoy the mud. I managed to get in a few solid runs and decided to pack up and get my stuff ready for race day.
The rain continued all through the night and in the morning it was a little drizzly, but mostly just overcast. The race organizers decided it was going to be safer to call off the full track scheduled to be raced and only race from just above the gully. Seeding runs started and it was now pouring with rain. I managed to stay on my bike and get seeded as 3rd junior, ahead of team mate Sam Bull and a number of other juniors who along with myself, really struggled to keep momentum down the track. It was time to grab some food, get some juice and relax a while before the race. We got up to the start point after a rally car session and then it was decided to call the race off. One by one we rode down the track, and formed a train just after the 2 table tops and then rode down the rest of the track from there.
Results were on everyone's mind. And it seemed like they were going to take the seeding runs times which I wasn't to phased about as its in the rule book and so it stood. I couldn't wait for the following weekend. The UCI MTB World Cup!
Thanks to Adrenaline Cycles and Andre from Rushsports for helping out at the race!
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