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It all happened to me when I jumped on the seat and became one with my bike. Nothing else around you matters at that time as you are in a world of your own. I share a passion for cycling and encourage you to join me on my journey in 2012, riding in colours of BMC. its going to be a very exciting year!!
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Wednesday, 20 March 2013

KZN Road Champs

02:15 | Posted by Ashleigh Moffatt |


So I rode the KZN Road Champs in Ladysmith. This was going to be something very knew to me. So I was excited but nervous at the same time as well as I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect. I did have my awesome teammate Candy Neethling there, which was great as we could race together and also give me a head up on what to expect.

It was a really nice course consisting of 94km, it was very fast as it was not a very steep course. The weather wasn’t the greatest as we had rain and wind throughout the whole race, especially on the pass where it was like a thunderstorm haha. But that’s all part of cycling and it adds a bit of challenge into the race.

I won’t lie it was different to not sprint out of the start line, but we just casually got into a rhythm as the group decided who was who in the zoo. There was not a big bunch of us women, there was 15 of us riders (that was the total of all the age group put together), so there wasn’t a big bunch which was a little disappointing and hopefully next year will be better attended.

It was a good race and I really enjoyed the new experience of road racing, it’s basically like doing intervals non-stop for 94 km. It was a good experience and I’m glad I did it. It became a quite a fight on the second half of the race as the pace picked up and we were racing will a leader group of 5 of us. Candice put up a good fight and took the leading 4 across the line, ending in a sprint finish. I was very happy to get third elite. Well done to all the riders and to Candy for her second, great racing by all the women!
 

Ps: I must admit I do enjoy my cross-country more, will always be a MTBiker hehe J J J

Until next time

Xxx

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