Thursday, 8 March 2012
Momentum Health XCO event - 3rd March 2012
The Second Momentum health xco event took place at Karkloof over the past weekend .
On Friday , late afternoon , I went to go ride the track with a few of my BMC teammates . I was excited to see what the course was like but I knew it was going to be challenging as Karkloof has some technical obstacles on the route. We could only ride the track once as the course closed at 4 and unfortunately we arrived at the track at about 3:30 pm. This made me nervous as I wasn't a 100 % confident with the track but I just decided to give it my all on Saturday for the race.
On Saturday , the Junior men and woman had an early start of 8 o'clock. I knew I had some big competition as Haley Smith and Nicole Erasmus were there on the day. My work was definitely cut out for me. Max Cluer was the commentator for the day and cracked a few jokes in the start shoot before we were off. Of course this lightened up the mood and everyone had smiles on their faces !
We were off at 8:05 and all the girls sprinted to try and get into the first bit of single track ahead of everyone else. On my first lap Nicole Erasmus sat my wheel and it was difficult trying to ride away from her. Haley Smith then joined us later on the course near the end of the first lap and all three of us were racing together. I knew immediately that this was not going to be an easy race . Fortunately I found some power in my legs up the uphill near the start/finish and managed to sprint away from Haley but Nicole was still with me. I sat Nicoles wheel until the last 2 km of the 2nd lap and then managed to get away and ride by myself for the 3rd lap and 4th lap. The course was very tricky and concentration was key so I had to keep telling myself to focus because there was no time to get hurt as the World Cup is just around the corner . The 4th lap was my final lap and I knew I had to give it my all if I wanted to win !
I was super happy to have taken the win for the Junior girls on my BMC Fourstroke , which never gives me any hassles and flows over the rocks like water ! It was a great day on the bike for me and I felt really strong ! I had so much fun supporting all my BMC teammates out there and I was happy to see that they gave it their all too .
Thank you to Max Cluer and his team for organising such a great event !
On Friday , late afternoon , I went to go ride the track with a few of my BMC teammates . I was excited to see what the course was like but I knew it was going to be challenging as Karkloof has some technical obstacles on the route. We could only ride the track once as the course closed at 4 and unfortunately we arrived at the track at about 3:30 pm. This made me nervous as I wasn't a 100 % confident with the track but I just decided to give it my all on Saturday for the race.
On Saturday , the Junior men and woman had an early start of 8 o'clock. I knew I had some big competition as Haley Smith and Nicole Erasmus were there on the day. My work was definitely cut out for me. Max Cluer was the commentator for the day and cracked a few jokes in the start shoot before we were off. Of course this lightened up the mood and everyone had smiles on their faces !
We were off at 8:05 and all the girls sprinted to try and get into the first bit of single track ahead of everyone else. On my first lap Nicole Erasmus sat my wheel and it was difficult trying to ride away from her. Haley Smith then joined us later on the course near the end of the first lap and all three of us were racing together. I knew immediately that this was not going to be an easy race . Fortunately I found some power in my legs up the uphill near the start/finish and managed to sprint away from Haley but Nicole was still with me. I sat Nicoles wheel until the last 2 km of the 2nd lap and then managed to get away and ride by myself for the 3rd lap and 4th lap. The course was very tricky and concentration was key so I had to keep telling myself to focus because there was no time to get hurt as the World Cup is just around the corner . The 4th lap was my final lap and I knew I had to give it my all if I wanted to win !
I was super happy to have taken the win for the Junior girls on my BMC Fourstroke , which never gives me any hassles and flows over the rocks like water ! It was a great day on the bike for me and I felt really strong ! I had so much fun supporting all my BMC teammates out there and I was happy to see that they gave it their all too .
Thank you to Max Cluer and his team for organising such a great event !
Next on the calendar for me is the third and final Momentum Health xco event taking place this Saturday and then The World Cup which takes place the following weekend ! There is so much to look forward to but preparation is the most important thing and that's what I will be focusing on for the next few weeks !
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- Savannah Vosloo
- Cycling is my passion and I love the fact that you meet so many new and different people at races or events every time ! I began cycling when I was 15 years old and plan to continue to be the best that I can possibly be ! My journey has only started and I am excited for everything that is still to come !
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