Estonian Mountainbike Weekend

Seekord siis niimoodi.. Tähendab, et ootused olid kodurajal sõitmiseks suured, ka rada oli lahe, enne laskumisi ikka pidi korralikult fookusesse saama peale mäkkesõidu punases olekut. Start läks hästi, kuigi jah tahtsin olla esimene laskuja esimesse laskumisse, aga olin kolmas. Kuskil vist kaldusin natuke sellest kõige sõidetavamast rajast mööda, kuna sirgel peale silla kurvi tundsin, et kumm natuke nagu pehme ja tõusu lõpuks oli täitsa töss. Sõitsin siis ülemise osa tühjaga ja tehnilisemad kohad jooksin. Enne tehnilise/joogipunkti kerge kurvi peal ei pidanud tühi kumm ja panin korraliku nipli asfaldile. Hetkeks hing kinni ja kiiver tundus valet pidi peas. Peale jooksu vahetust oli tükk tegu, et korralikult pingutama saada, nii eelviimane-viimane ring tundsin, et võiks juba sõitma ka hakata. Aga noh sai rada nauditud.
Pea vist korralikult käis vastu maad, kuna öösel ei saanud kuidagi magatud, üks kaelasoon valutas päris kõvasti.
Ehk siis pühapäeval ei olnud head nahka oodata, mingi pool maad suutsin kuidagi mingis normaalsemas tempos püsida, kuid kuna ka jooki kuskilt ei saanud, siis oli viimane kümme täiesti jalutamiskiirusel sõitmine. Aga noh vähemalt sain kordki Eestimaa loodust nautida võistlusrajalt.
Praegu tundub, et võistlused on nii üks hea teine kehv vaheldumisi läinud, ehk siis see pühapäev ei saa muud valikut olla kui vaid panna! :)

That way this time.. My hopes for homecity track were quite good, track was cool, before the downhills you really had to focus from the lactic acid from the uphills to go down. Start was good, although I wanted to be the first in the first downhill, well I was third, and somewhere I took a less ridden way because after the downhill I felt that the first tyre is somewhat soft. And until the end of next up hill it was totally flat, so I rode the easier parts with the flat and more tehnical parts ran. Just before arriving to the tech/feed zone there was a light turn, but the flat wheel did not hold and I hit the asfalt quite hard. For a second my breath was taken and I did not understand which way the helmet was. After the wheel change it took me some time to get into rythm, somewhere before last and on the last I felt like giving gas again. But well I enjoyed the course.
My head must of hit the ground quite hard, because in the night I had real trouble to sleep as my neck was hurting so.
So I did not really expect anything from Sunday, the first half of the course I could ride in somewhat ok tempo, but as I did not get my drinking bottle then I totally died. The last ten km was in walking pace, almost. Well I got to enjoy the Estonian nature on the race course the first time.
At the moment it seems like my races go like one good other not so, therefore this Sunday there is no choice but to give gas! :)