Training and Babbas Lodge Race 1
So I’ve been pretty slack in updating the blog, but the good thing is I haven’t been slack in my training. The training is going good and I can feel the improvement all the time. My climbing is starting to get back to the level I want it to be at, and hopefully it will improve a bit more. 
This past weekend I rode out at Breedts again. It’s becoming quite a regular ride now, but I’m glad that we change the ride almost every time we go out. It’s good because we won’t be building muscle memory. This weekend we did an 80km loop. It’s basically the normal 60km loop, but you go through a little game farm which adds on the extra 20kms. The details for the ride are as follows:
Time: 3hrs 51mins
Distance: 80kms
Climbing: 1035m
Average Speed: 21.3 kph
On Sunday I ended up going out to Bultfontein with Big Blade Doug to do the Babbas Lodge race. I haven’t done this race, so was quite looking forward to it. All I can say is it is a very fast race. Doug and I decided to take it pretty easy. We started near the back and just rode at a nice easy pace. It rained the night before so the soft sand wasn’t so soft, which made the riding a bit easier. Will definately be out there again to do the race though. It’s not very technical, but if the soft sand is in full force it will be good training for the Epic, which has LOTS of soft sand. There are 1 or 2 technical climbs, but nothing much else to challenge the rider. In the end I think I came in 61st which was just in the top half of the field. The details for the race are below:
Time: 2hrs 49mins
Distance: 67.2kms
Climbing: 510m
Average Speed: 23.8 kph
Will be out at Breedts tomorrow doing an 85km loop with roughly 1500m’s of climbing. Might do the loop through the game farm on the way back which will make the ride just over 100km’s.
Hope you all have a good weekend of riding.