Sport	MTB Race
Event	Pennypincher Silver Stars MTB Challenge
Date	05 September 2015
Where	Krugersdorp, South Africa
Distance	20 Km
Finishing Time	03:40:57
Race Number	863
Result	97/104
Top %	93%
Pace	11:03 m/km
Speed	5.43 km/h
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My experience at the event:

The MTB challenge at the Silver Star casino was supposed to be a nice and short race with Lindsey in order to help her prepare for the usual Momentum MTB challenge in November: close to us, with a short distance and not too many crazy hills. Unfortunately, after a week of sun, the day of the race it started raining. And then fog showed up. And then mud. A lot of it!

We ended up taking it easy, basically walking 75% of the distance and carrying our bicycles over the muddy hills. We also stopped few times to remove mud from the wheels, since it was nearly impossible to advance! Lindsey, after a slow start full of fears and regreats, as usual soldiered up and took it positevely, finishing the race with a smile on her face, a smile that was definitely not there at the start!
Some pictures from the race:

At the start

Lindsey ready to go

Over the hills

Crossing the bridge

No problem!

Muddy tyres

One final push

My poor MTB

All the other pictures are here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/olafmeister/albums/72157658325878442

Usual link on Garmin Connect here: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/888481036  Back to sports

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