Instead of racing this weekend, I took a nice ride with Marcus Roy in Alexandra. This is turning into the south island meca for mtbing... you could ride for days through the barren hills, climbing countless grunty 4wd climbs, linked with super flowing singletracks. We climbed up Obelisk mountain to the tv tower. It didn't look so far from the bottom, but the long valleys are a little misleading.. it ended up taking almost 3hrs to get to the top, which was followed by a hang on to the bars, brake testing, thank god for full suspension, full speed 20min descent. Yehaa. After this we meet up with local junior fast guy, James Williamson, for a lap around the infamous clock tower tracks.. sweeeet !