Wahoooooey!!!! Great day to ride like snot!

[crazycanuck]

(just to backtrack a bit...In my training i spent quite a bit of time just pushing it to ensure I could meet the two time cut offs. I only really did 65km mtn bike rides during the weeks leading up to the event due to my lovely dear having to be my support crew, driving to n from the area close to where we'd be racing etc etc.)

I had no clue what was ahead and ..I thought most the hills lessened after Turner Hill! I was wrong.. I knew part of the trail after turner hill as i'd used it during training but only small bits. I know the pea gravel's freakin deep but that didn't bother me. What started to bother me was ingesting food. I often felt a bit off but then felt zippy again..I just kept on goin and battled the hills, toodling along & then Hells Gate...It's a 4wd track rutted & rideable to a point...reminded me of the Otway!

It was from here that I never saw any other riders for another good 45min. I was totally cool with that and just kept going. I swore for a while that I was the last person...

By this stage, my legs kept going & I felt fine mentally but nope..think again. I came to a deep pea gravel section going around a corner & my mind said "spin, spin,spin" my legs just did one spin & ended up walking for a smidgen. I couldn't trust my odometer any longer but my ETA was a fine time. URGh..another long drawn out pea gravellly hill. Lovely until i stacked it..going uphill. I decided to take it easy but then..the trail got easier!!! I then heard a motorized vehicle & it turned out to be our XC club prez/marshall. The end must be near..cool..only 10km to go!!! Wahooooey!!

Last 10km was flattish so i zipped it out & let of some wahoooooooeeyyyys!!! I wasn't the last finisher!!!!!

Finished in 8hrs:17sec. . Heaps o congrats n handshakes etc from other mtb friends. Awesome day. WIll def do the 100k again next year!!

Now to do a 200k Audax ride in Oct.. and am pondering the 12hr solo this year. I'm going to follow the Training Peaks program. Ian's not been doing much dirt & isn't doing much dirt for the next month as he's overseas again. He's my dedicated support crew