The For Goodness Shakes XTFestival 2010 is a weekend packed with triathlons, duathlons, adventure running, swimming events and mountain bike enduros.
Recently, top off-road triathlete Sam Gardner and GB second-ranked mountain biker Billy Jo Whenman took to the Gibraltar Barracks course, venue for the The For Goodness Shakes XTFestival in September, to check out the new course.
Festival organiser Toby Jenkins is thrilled that the two pros have given the 6km track their blessing. He even rode with them and is now paying the price. "I knew that agreeing to ride the FGS XTFestival bike route with Billy and Sam was going to be tough but I seriously under estimated by how much," commented Toby.
"Only moments after starting I knew that keeping up was going to be wildly impossible as I saw the pro's ride up an incline that most mortals would imagine was very steep indeed. From this point on I assumed the 'cameraman role' and hid in the trees," he adds.
The route
A challenging off-road route though woodland trails and forest tracks with sharp inclines and enough overtaking tracks to make this race perfect for all types. Sam and Billy agreed that the hills are going to burn, especially after 3-hours, but with spectators able to cheer from most parts of the course and recovery drinks supplied by For Goodness Shakes.
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