In the week leading up to the first round of the 2012 Vic Enduro Series, the weather forecast for Ballarat went from ‘probably perfect’ to ‘possibly pouring’. Resigned to the idea of a wet race (against an all-star field), we headed to Ballarat early on Saturday morning with one goal: to have fun!
We arrived in Ballarat in light drizzle to find an almost dry track. After a couple of laps, the drizzle cleared and the track was fast and grippy. It was hard not to grin through the flowing descents, and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. It wasn’t until the skies opened at the 5.5 hour mark that we started looking forward to the end of the race – the track turned into a bit of a river and the grippy corners started to get slick.
But we finished happy, if somewhat muddy, in third place (out of three!) with 10 laps in the bag. It was a privilege to be racing in the same category as Jess Douglas, Amity McSwann, Melissa Ansett and Josie Simpson (even if both pairs did manage to lap us twice!).
All in all it was a great day out, and many thanks to the Ballarat Sebastopol Cycling Club for such a great event.
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