Dear Sir,
My name is Aaron Durham and I was born and raised in the town of Newton Aycliffe. For the last 22 years I have been serving in the British Army as a Royal Engineer.
This year I was selected as one of the Royal Engineer Corps team riders and last month I participated in the Royal Engineers mountain bike training camp and had my first Gravity Enduro Race, representing the Royal Engineers, in Llanfyllin Wales on 12th June 2022.
The event was round two of the five Army Inter Corps Enduro Race Season and started at 9.30am.
To complete a loop, on average, takes a rider between 2-3 hours to complete the six stages. It consists of six mountainous up and downhill rides, the times which count are the six downhill elements of the race. All race runs were recorded, using a rider worn timing chip, then totalled up for a combined time issued at the end of the race.
As a team we won round two of the Army Inter Corps Enduro Race Season, we also had the first individual, who was Elliot Downes, in a time of 8 minutes and 55 seconds for 600 meters descending difficult rocky, rooty, loose and technical downhill terrain.
I managed to finish in the top half of the field and I am slowly making my way up the rankings, if I can manage to stay rubber side down for all six runs, with no offs next time, I should finish a little higher in the table.
Aaron Durham
