 Hey guys, so the Portugal Hard Endure series is over with XLH a few weeks ago And I wanted to give you some thoughts and what I've learned with the Portugal Hard Endure series about myself and my riding Something that I found out pretty soon Actually, which is my speed I'm pretty sure that if I if I could work a lot more on my speed, namely on the prologue If I was more aggressive, I could have started in every race in a far better position that I've actually started it despite all the Unfortunate hazards that I had but that's racing But it's definitely something that I have to work on and it's something that I will work on on the next coming months to be ready Namely also on the loser like window Championship and as well for the next year of the Portugal Hard Endure series I want to give a good shout out to Paul Moreira and the whole staff of Namely's team because They have done a great job with the Portugal Hard Endure series being the first one on its kind in Portugal It has really changed the game in Portugal and the Hard Endure series and it has up the ante for the For the for the sport, which is really good And it's something that we really need since Hard Endure has been growing so much on these last few years And it's something that has to be Worked on exactly the same way as the Portugal Hard Endure series having done Now talking about the races themselves. Well, the long extreme I have to say I don't think I've ever suffered that much on the race even compared with XLR guys from last year It was a huge mistake of mine to go do the race Without being completely used to the bike. It was a risk. I already knew As we didn't knew it was going to come out that badly Let's say that way And I think that even though my case or my situation I think that no one was actually Expecting for the race to be that demanding in that hard, which was something It was kind of a bitch lap for everyone To start with the Portugal Hard Endure series, but nonetheless, it was a really good race a really fun race And about the the show's extreme I love the race. I didn't have the best performance, but still I gotta say that I really liked the race the venue was amazing the race was It has some amazing landscapes Well despite the rain and the mud It was a really fun race I really liked for it because it was completely different from what we are used to Here in the portal Or in the long way it's really different I'm gonna feel extreme I gotta say I think probably that one kind of went the extra mile because The places where the race Went through worked simply amazing You had some some parts of the course mainly the Sabinesh from the race Which was Stunning you had some really amazing views and The the course itself was as well completely different from what we are used to here in the long way A little different from what we had in the show So I think the race itself was really good really flowy There was only one issue with the with the course because there was one Checkpoint which was right after the one big section or one really difficult section Which built up a huge amount of traffic that I've never seen Even in Xcelagage Lastly Xcelagage well, what can we say about Xcelagage that hasn't been already said Xcelagage it's It's an experience by itself. It's in this year. It has gone the extra mile as well Now being part of West I think the level went definitely two or three steps up The course itself was as well staggering and loved it I haven't Had any moments where there was a huge amount of traffic I don't know if that's because of the position where I've that I started with on a starting grid, but Even though I don't think there was any huge parts of the course where there could be Huge amount of traffic. I can be wrong without those my experience on the race that itself is a huge Evidence that the race is growing and getting better every year because last year well in coast There was a huge amount of traffic I have to say as to their like one hour or something Simply too much and this year they really Took that into account and they avoided parts where it was unnecessary traffic But nonetheless, the course was super fun, super flowy. It got super fast and fits and super tough bits as well So you had to compromise between both that was really spot on and I can only say that I have the greatest amount of fun that I've ever had on the race And I finished it. I'm really stoked about it. And I'm really I'm already Expecting for next year's edition. It's See you next year kind of So that was my take on the portugal foreign rule series Let me know in the comments below your opinions about the series what you found good about it What you found bad what can be improved? I think being in the first year of this series The best thing we can do as supporters and fans is give the most part of feedback to the malicious team What was bad what can be improved what was great and should keep it up In order to improve this and to push the sport even further As for me while part of the new season It's kind of closing now it's summer And clearly time to focus on some different things, but you'll definitely be updated on the next year videos. Okay. Cheers