03 December 2005

Enduro in the Park ii

Enduro in the park was not quite what I had anticipated. Based on the website I thought they would have set the course up on the soccer field, but this was not the case. Instead, racers would be using only the area set aside as the stage at the North end of the stadium. At first glance the circuit is extremely tight, twisting and puts incredible technical demands on the riders. After a few conversations with racers, this was a fair assessment. What I did not understand at first was the diffiuclty of the course brought on by this compact design, and the pains that organizers had gone to in developing a challenging atmosphere for riders who are accustomed to racing 50 or more miles on tracks that wind through open country side, thick forests and ankle breaking rock gardens.

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