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| 2010/7/4 - After 6 weeks in Europe, I made my way back to Windhoek for the Namibian MTB cross country championships.
I was a bit nervous racing the champs because last year I had a slow speed crash and broke my left elbow, leaving me out of competition for 6 months.
The course was not one of the easiest and for once I missed my dual suspension bike. That was still in Pretoria as I left for Europe from Pretoria 7 weeks ago and could not travel with both bikes. Rocky climbs and even more rocky descents had me out of the saddle more than my legs and my still injured right shoulder needed.
Marc was super motivated to once again become Namibian champ and started with a blistering pace. I think racing all the cross countries in Europe also helped him to pull away from me right from the start. I followed my own tempo, a tempo that I could not increase as the race progressed and by lap 3 of 6 he was leading by more than 3 minutes. My legs just never came good and now my whole body was taking a beating over the rocky terrain.
Still in the back of my mind was keep it steady and make sure you finish on the podium and not in the hospital like a year ago. That’s what I did and the last 2 laps my time dropped dramatically but at least I did finish on the podium, 2nd behind a flying Marc Bass.
This was a great, hard course and the altitude and dry Namibian air made it even harder.
Now I am flying back to Germany for another 6 weeks racing Albstadt Bike marathon, Trans Alp Challenge and then Marathon World Champ in St Wendel, Germany.
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