Wee trip to Comrie croft and a sharp reminder of my lack of fitness. Been getting out reasonably often considering the recent arrival, mostly gravel type rides but decent miles. Definitely hasn't prepared me for the steeper, all or nothing demands of Comrie. Technical riding felt good on the flowy sections, but need to get my head back into the rocky stuff. To be fair, Comrie red and black are pretty full on, and would probably be a grade darker at a forestry commission centre. Ended up with a nice Mark of Zorro on my belly when the bike refused a rock step down but I get going.
Tried the new upper black trails on my last run. Probably not the best idea when I was already knackered. More natural feeling than some of the other trails, but with some big commitment rock rolls (which I naturally walked down the side of). Reminded me a lot of the Laggan black route. Also looked like they were putting in a new trail to the side of the dual slalom track.
All in all good to get some techy trails under my wheels but a bit worried about how I'll cope with the Glentress ride, especially as ZZ will be well acclimatised to the Tweed Valley steeps.