This is a race report on the 3-race weekend on Feb 10-12 at Stromlo by Harry Herne: 

The 3rd round of the 2012 Australian All Mountain Cup took place at the iconic Mt Stromlo in Canberra. The weekend kicked off on Friday with a Super D race, which took in some awesome trails. But with the awesome trails came hail and a massive storm to settle the dust for the race. My run was not the best as I decided to stay upright and try not to make any mistakes.

Saturday came around quickly and I was kitted up with my new team kit, which boosted my esteem. The Cross Country race was going to be tough, and I was hoping for a top 10 finish. The first three laps were awesome, sitting in 11^th chasing my team mate Cameron Prosser, but by the end of lap four I had slipped back into 14^th and my legs were running out of gas quickly. Lap five was my last and I was in the hurt box. At the end of the race I had time to hang out with my new team mates and watch John Henderson and Richard Peil race their races.

The last day of racing was Sunday with the Point to Point. At the start I felt as though I had better legs than the day before, this helped my confidence. When the gun went off, there was a crash 100m into the race. I helped the fallen rider (Chris Aitken) get back to the bunch and we settled into the rhythm of the bunch. I entered the first single track in around 8^th and moved up to 7^th by the top of the mountain. I was feeling super strong but found that I was falling back in places fast on the decent. At the feed zone I was about 10^th and had Cameron chasing me. Cam had reached the gap by the last single track leading up to Skyline, and we were chasing the other riders. I had a crash on a rocky corner and twisted my chain link which caused me to roll down the hill to the finish.

I would like to thank everyone on the Anytime Fitness Trek team for welcoming me into the team and all of the sponsors for hooking me up with awesome equipment.

Harry Herne