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Blake Gutzeit joins the battle for the King of the Hill Hard Enduro Crown

The young gun from South Africa is more than ready to get the Crown of King of the Hill Hard Enduro, end of March 2015.

Blake Gutzeit - Hell's Gate 2015

He is one of the riders who took part in very difficult competitions such as Erzberg, Roof of Africa, Red Bull Romaniacs or Sea to Sky. The key to his succes is a good balance of fitness on and off the bike and of course a mixture of trial riding techniques and MX speed.

I’ve heard a lot of good things about King of the Hill Hard Enduro and that is really a good preparation for Romaniacs,  so I thought I might as well give it a bash. Well, I obviously expect a good result but the most important thing  is to learn something- because I know from the Romaniacs that there (at KOTH) is a lot to learn about racing hard enduro!

Blake Gutzeit - King of the Hill Hard Enduro

Asking Blake about the best strategy for the race he told us that the consistency is the key. “I need just to be consistent over all 3 days and make sure I don’t overexert myself on the first or second day. Like that I can be fit and strong to fight on the last days racing.

The South African has a busy schedule for 2015. Erzberg, Romaniacs, 11 MegaWatt, Sea to Sky, Roof of Africa and a lot of other events. “I will ride in all the major hard enduro events with a help personally from Adam Kubarski and support from Husqvarna and Fox. 2014 was good for me, I think. I met all my goals except for Roof of Africa where Letti and I got badly lost on Friday and had a grueling 13 hours on the bike.  Erzberg 16th, Romaniacs 9th, Sea to Sky 8th and I think The Roof 12th or something around there.

Blake Gutzeit - Hell's Gate Paddok
Foto: Marek Vincik Photo

 

March 27-29th, King of the Hill Hard Enduro 2015 will come with a new race format, unique in the World. On march 27th we will have the PROLOGUE, a special hand-made track with lots of spectacular obstacles in the city of Arad. For DAY2, HECA has prepared for you a 80km long track with all the highlights of the first two editions of #KOTH. On the LAST DAY be prepared for HOBBY class for a 2-hours race and for PRO’s  for a 3-hours one on a closed circuit in the woods consisting only of extreme sections.  Whos last drops of power won’t be squeezed out by this extreme track? Everybody just can’t wait to find out. For being a part of the fun,  register now: www.heca.ro/registrations