Runningmonkeys

This coming weekend is the second enduro race this season at the Tsukuba race circuit.   This time it will be a 6 hr event, and I think we have just one team of four entered, instead of two.  For six hours, our team will have one rider on the track at any one time each of us working for about 6 laps of the 2 kilometre course.  We change riders at about 6 laps so that each of us has the chance to race all out and still recover in time for the next session.  It ends up being a sort of bizarre interval work out.  We squeeze out as much speed as possible for the 12 kilometres and then rest while our team members do their bit.  By the time it is our turn again we have recovered and cooled down so we have to work pretty hard for the first lap back on the track, just to keep pace, as our legs warm up again. 

All in all, I look forward to these races.  The packs that form scare me, because there is such a difference in bike skills and ability to stay upright.  But that is part of the challenge.

I am very excited, as you can probably tell.  But for now it is back to running until the weekend rolls around.