8Hr MTB Enduro
First Geocentric Outdoors 8hr Enduro of to flying start.
Craig Bycroft - Geocentric Outdoors / 23.10.2008
The final results are now out and a huge congratulations to all who took part as well as all category place getters. In particular Redback Cycles for their impressive overall win with 18 laps. This team of 4 guys actually took out 16 of the top 18 fastest laps of the day – a simple lesson in how to win a mountain bike race! Close behind in 2nd overall was A+A=Dude then Fusion Fanatics in third overall.Richard Lucas had the fastest male lap in 24:33mins and Rachel Edwards was the fastest female (and also womens solo winner) with a 32:33min lap. Rolf Collett took out the solo males with an impressive 16 laps. At the other end of the field the race saw over 40 first time riders racing in all categories. Finally over 75 kids mounted their cycles and gave the kids courses a go. Bikes ranged from plastic trikes through the impressive “they’ll grow into it� steeds.
Thank you for all of the feedback we have received about this first time event, it will help us make it even better for the future. Next year we hope to obtain more sponsorship (with new sponsors already approaching us!). This will allow us to increase the prize pool, include some cool 8hr Enduro T-shirts in race packs and get better safety pins! We will definitely continue to improve the track through a pre-event trail maintenance and building day where volunteers can obtain a free entry. The kids races were so popular with kids and parents alike that we will run this again next year. There was an overall thumbs up for the coffee van, food and jumping castle. Overall an awesome day and the 8hr Enduro will certainly become a feature of the mountain biking calendar in South East Queensland.
The next event at this property will be the annual Insomnia 24hr Mountain Bike Race in June next year. Start planning now, grab some team mates and get training for a great festival weekend. After the success of the kids races on the weekend, the Insomnia Festival will also feature kids races!
Organisers would like to thank the great support they receive from the event sponsors For the Riders, AY UP and Endura.
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