No Sleep ‘Til (Duh duh, dun, DUH) Thetford!
Tomorrow is my favourite event of the year - the Marin Dusk Til Dawn in Thetford Forest, Suffolk. For somewhere that’s supposedly ‘flat’, it’s always a hugely fun and testing course. Thetford is where I did much of my early mountain biking for fun back in ‘91 and ‘92, so perhaps that’s why I have such a fondness for the place. The course is twisty, whoopy and flat-out fun, which is probably why it’s so hard; there’s nowhere to freewheel or go easy.
I’ll be racing Mixed Pairs with Emily, my girlfriend. After what seems like a couple of months of colds, travelling and inactivity, it’ll be a shocking way to end the race season, but hopefully the fun of riding round the woods all night will keep me going. If you’re down there, come and say ‘Hi’.