Sunday 9th August saw the inaugural Pleasure and Pain Enduro Mountain Bike race at Coffs Harbour on the NSW north coast. Local mountain bikers Shannon Weeks, Pam Carter, Louise Hamilton and Rachel Tokley competed in the 50km event.
The course consisted of a majority of the sweetest single track and a blend of double/fire trail totalling 25km of mountain bike Nirvana. Bridge crossings, log rolls, jumps, hand crafted lines were a challenge for all riders. The large field included current world 24 hour mtb champion Jason English, Rockstar racing team and plenty of enthusiastic weekend warriors.
The MUD Foxes rode hard and all came home with cash and prizes for their efforts.
In a clean sweep Shannon Weeks not only won her age category but came first overall in the Womens 50K with a time of 3:10:18. Pam Carter stepped onto the winner’s podium in 2nd place for her age group with a time of 3:18:14 and 4th overall in the womens 50km. Louise Hamilton also won her age division coming in with a time of 3:41:43 and came 5th overall. Rachel Tokley completed 25km in 1:45:26 before retiring.
The results were outstanding for the girls this being their first 50km race. They have only taken up riding in the last twelve months and have been training hard and having loads of fun out on the trails. Call into Mountain Cycles for details of how to join the local MUD MTB club and join the girls and the guys for a ride in the dirt.
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