Scorpions Cyclocross

Last Saturday I enjoyed taking part in a Go Ride Cylocross event at Odd Down. This was organised by Sulis Scorpions, and lots of riders turned out to take part.

I used my dads hardtail mountain bike fitted with CX tyres for the racing, and I raced up in the Under 14 age group.

The circuit was challenging, with twisty corners and lots of mud, I found myself out of my comfort zone at first, being very much a road bike girl, but my bike handling meant I was able to weave myself around the course! As the race went on I knew when to attack, when to go hard, in fact by the end I was having great fun flying through the mud, and I managed to come first in the u14’s.

It was nice to race all my friends from Scorpions and I enjoyed seeing everyone I  haven’t seen for a while – as I have been at the velodrome on many Saturdays recently.

I was happy to get the gold medal at the end.