… I’m not sure I, a photographer, have the right to complain about a mountain bike marathon being tiring - I was shooting; not riding. But I’m so tired right now, I can’t think of what other insight to share!
I love shooting the event. But it wipes me out every year. And not just because of my stereotypical ‘dad fitness’. I cover some ground - this year shooting between four main locations and a number of sub-locations at each of those. This means carting me and my kit up hills, through streams and across fields. At pace too. The riders ain’t waiting for me.
I get through the day just fine. Fueled on adrenaline, the kindness of competitors and the beautiful scenery. It feels pretty easy, actually. I certainly finish energised; buzzing.
But without fail, I wake up the next day utterly zonked. This is compounded as the week goes on by sleep deprivation as a result of late nights editing my way through thousands of photos.
Free to download
But the process is complete. All my photos from the 2023 Yorkshire Mountain Bike Marathon are now live on my site and free to download, courtesy of Northern Ride and Yorkshire Mountain Bike Marathon.
I hope I captured you. If I did, use the download button to get the highest-quality version of the shot.
Didn’t attend and just want a Gen-Z-style-10-second-skim through the highlights? Your wish is my command…
Now, I’m looking forward to a night filled with a bit more sleep than the last week... We’ll see if the kids got that memo!