Not local, up at Knockburn Loch near Banchory in Aberdeenshire. And remarkably I'll be riding.
I've raced two of the series events this year. At Irvine I came dead last, though lost the best part of the first lap when stopping to comfort a guy who had come off and broken his ankle while another rider went to get a Marshall. At Lochore by Lochgelly the course was somewhat different - very flat, but insanely muddy, and I improved my showing by six places.
Sunday should be interesting, and I still find it a bit weird that I'll be riding in an actual national championship (for someone who as a kid loved sport but was a weird skinny unfit, this competing lark as a whole is a little odd).
Cross as a whole seems to be growing and growing, and I can see why. It's such a friendly, inclusive, supportive (if you realise someone shouting at you that you should try harder to catch the person in front is being supportive) sport. And mullets like me can ride in the same event as someone who has ridden track, or road, or MTB in the commonwealth games....
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