Notes
First Cape Summer Trail series race. Wasn't sure how hard to go so thought I'd just feel it out. First 2km were gentle downhill, was in quite a big pack, going quite quickly. Felt comfortable, just held the position. We headed off the jeep track onto single track and this was fast. Far more confident on the single track than I was a year ago, and was able to catch some of the guys up front. Then we started climbing and I battled a bit. Backed off, as didn't want to over do it, but managed to hold position up the 2km climb. I noticed I was slower on the climbs, but was much faster when it was flat so that evened out. From 6-7km I lost 3 positions as some guys were making a push, knowing I wasn't racing 100% I let them pass. After that climb, there was an amazing single track section, and there were 4 guys 500m ahead. I let the legs go, and caught them very quickly and passed them. Some more climbing, then some very technical downhill and came in and finished 7th and about 30 seconds ahead of the next guy. Super happy with that.