Central CX League Race 3, 28 Sep 2025

Central CX League Race 3, hosted by Rockingham Forest Wheelers, was my first race in the Central League. Tim predicted I would love this course and I did - it was well suited for my MTB. Lots of slippy wet trails in the woods after a heavy rain but luckily the sun came out to play which made it more enjoyable.

There were a lot of riders on the start line for this race and I was gridded right at the back. The whistle blew and I had to really work to get past a few of the riders and literally had my bike snaking into the bend, I'm not even sure how I didn't fall off. There were some really fast grass sections leading on to some switch backs on cambers and log jumping with a few climbs.

I managed to get to 2nd place and just really worked hard keeping it. Really loved riding my MTB on this course, I'm still lacking speed to a cyclocross bike so working hard on places I can gain speed and trying to be as aero as possible. I'm really enjoying this new sport to me, and looking forward to the rest of the season.

1st my age cat and 2nd overall!

Sophie Lee