Hello racers!
After some very thorough discussion among the Race Committee as well as taking in significant feedback from club members, we are making a few changes to this Wednesday’s XC#4 course.
As you all know, we try to develop a race series that has a bit of everything rather than just do the same thing every week. This allows different riders to shine, allows us to showcase different elements of our amazing trail network, and also to expose riders to some elements that challenge them to improve their speed and skills. We are always conscious of doing all of that while still keeping things fun and above all making sure we aren’t adding significant unnecessary risk.
XC#4 was the “tech” course for the year, so it was always planned to be the race in the year that pushed that envelope a bit. But after a bit more review we agreed that Elite and Sport were maybe a bit on the long side and the Advanced course was a bit too high on the technical side.
The new courses are posted on Trailforks.
LAMB: https://www.trailforks.com/route/xc-4-lambateur/
SPORT: https://www.trailforks.com/route/black-sheep-xc-4-sport-edited/
ADVANCED: https://www.trailforks.com/route/black-sheep-xc-4-advanced-edited/
ELITE: https://www.trailforks.com/route/black-sheep-xc-4-elite-edited/
Big thanks to my awesome Race Committee for being flexible and working out a great solution together.
See you on Wednesday!
Eric (your humble Race Director)
