The Ridgeway200 Enduro 2012
31st March/1st April 2012

Event Report by Extreme Energy
 

Wow! What a weekend! That was some effort by all of you that were involved!

The Ridgeway 200 certainly lived up to its expectations and delivered a race that has kicked off a new era for Extreme Energy and in some style, as well as a great 10^th anniversary celebration for Bucks Mountain Bike Club. A full 200 kilometre ride along one of the toughest national trails in the United Kingdom!

We have to say that you all made the event into something special. The amount of effort and determination you showed throughout the two days of competition was inspiring. The willingness to help your fellow competitors and your camaraderie during the event and in the evening showed what a special bunch you are.

There were some brilliant performances throughout the entire field of competitors, this event was not about the racing, it was about the completing. However a special mention must go out to the ‘Man Machine’ that is Mark Harvey, at one point even the checkpoints were struggling to keep up with the guy! Completing the full 200km in a staggering 9 hours 37 minutes! We must also mention those who were straying into unknown territory by competing in a multiday ultra event. Your resolution not to give up (even though some of you got a little lost) was admirable.

The timing sheet is available in the results section of the website along with a link to photos of the weekend.

A huge thank you needs to go to Bucks MTB who helped make the event possible as well as having many of their members out on the course over the two days.

And a huge thank you to Mountain Mania for their support of the event.

We would just like to congratulate you all on being part of something very special and for taking part in the first ever Extreme Energy ultra endurance mountain bike event. Thank you for the great atmosphere, and also for your feedback over the weekend.

Feedback is really important to us to allow us to do more of what you love, less of what you didn’t like and add to it the things that you think would make it better. So please let us have your feedback.

We look forward to seeing you at our second race in the ultra endurance mountain bike series, race information to be announced in the near future!

All the best

The Extreme Energy Team