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Lithgow teams had a good run at the JetBlack 24 hour race that took place in Rydal on Saturday, March 23.
The Central Tablelands Mountain Bike Club team, "The Young and the Rest of Us" with riders Garry Dukes, Brad Shawcross, Andrew Poppett and McKenzie Stewart took out first place in the mix fours.
"Cog and Spoke" riders Al Kemp, Phil McFarland and Kent Bestwick came second in the teams of three and "Flynny and the Skids" Craig Flynn, Richard Campbell, Jill Auld, Dane Johnson, Mat Walker, and Glen Porter came third in teams of six.
CTMBC president Craig Flynn said he was extremely happy with how he went.
"I felt strong on trail and my team mate really lifted, in the late stages we were in a tussle for third and forth with the team behind playing tactics and sending their fastest riders out for multiple laps," he said.
"My team mates put in some of their best times towards the end of the race with Matt Walker getting a PB on his last lap and Jill Auld bringing it home with a PB right on the 24 hour."
Bathurst Team 'Brotagonists', Jarrod Bell, Scott Turner, Rodney Lovett and David Mitchell came first in teams of four and third out right.
Bathurst rider Josh Corcoran finished eighth in the 6+6 Hour solo event winning the Elite classification with 18 laps by just shy of two minutes ahead of Sydney's Jetblack racer Scott Reynolds.
Flynn said the event ran very smoothly and had a great atmosphere.
More than 300 race competitors from all over NSW and the ACT raced, clocking in almost 2900 laps and recording more than 27,500 kilometres over the weekend.
"Even the storm which rolled through just added to the feel," he said.
"The rain also settled the track which just got better the longer the even went on, by Sunday morning riders were coming back from their lap raving about how good it was."
Flynn said 24 hour racing was an interesting experience because most people are either riding in a team or doing the six by six and having the night off so there is a lot of milling around the event centre and banter between teams.
"I always try to get a sleep at some stage and usually fail, you are just so hyped up," he said.
"It's hard dragging yourself out for a stint at three or four o'clock in the morning but once the sky starts to lighten and you know morning it coming you seem to get a second wind and ride a wave of endorphins."
In the men's 24 hour solo competition it was multiple 24-hour solo world champion Jason English who claimed his eighth race title. completed 41 laps and a distance of close to 400 kilometres in 23 hours 20 minutes and 30 seconds.
In the women's solo 24 hour race, Gwynne McLeod from Canberra defended her title overall ahead of Blue Mountain's Catherine Wood who won the Master classification ahead of Claudia Fiess from Sydney.
Rocky Trail Entertainment event director Juliane Wisata said the event entering its second decade proved that the 24 hour racing concept was becoming a more social affair.
"More than a third of all racers competed in the teams of six-classification and whilst everyone from solo to team participant races hard and gives into this unique endurance challenge, it's all about that fun weekend away with fellow mountain bikers, family and friends," she said.
"Our event home in Lithgow is the ideal venue for that, we have this beautiful open space at Rydal Showgrounds, right on the doorstep of Lidsdale State Forest."
Flynn said Rocky Trail Entertainment were keen to bring the event back next year.
"I would encourage all riders to get a team together and have a crack, it's a great experience," he said.
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