It's Going to be a 24 Hour Mudfest!

[crazycanuck]

Good work Pinkbikes n team How much sleep did you get?

I'm quite surprised they allow Ipods..at all events here they're banned...

What's your next mtb event?

TJeni-THe distances at your enduro events seem quite long? Ours are normally 12-15km..Do your races state that you have to ride x number of consecutive laps or just x time?

I don't know if i'd survive an enduro up in the Northern Hemisphere..

[pinkbikes]

Got about an hour of doze before I went out for my double at 1:30am. Crawled into my sleeping bag (after a quick wash of my legs with a dustpan brush and a bucket of water, peeling off the arm warmers and a change of clothes) at about 3:30am and got up again at about 6am. Can't really say the stretch from 3:30 until 6 was all sleep but I did get some sleep in there. So I'd guess probably 2-3hours?

As for the iPod - I almost never wear one. I'm not a believer in wearing them on the road or at any time when you need your ears. They are not banned in our races that I am aware of (although this race was not run by MBTA) and I saw lots of people wearing them.

The one time I will make an exception is when I am riding in the wee small hours of the morning when the crowds are non-existent on the track. I find I can easily see when riders are coming up on me because of their lights. And I only put one ear in so I can hear whether the call is for track right or left. It just keeps me a little more focussed and sane (and awake).

Next MTB event will be some time off. I am riding in Cycle Queensland (9day tour) in September which will require some time on the tandem. Then I have the Anaconda Adventure Race on the Gold Coast (I'm doing the swim leg and a run at the end). And then I am doing the cycle leg for a team in the Noosa Triathlon - oh and the 100km Gold Coast Challenge. So the roadie and swimming are the order of the day for the next few months. I'll just be riding the MTB for fun for a while.

[crazycanuck]

PB..I've heard some of Ian's solo 12hr stories & he giggles at them now. Someone said hello to him whilst out there at 2am & has no recollection of anyone talking to him...

You certainly sound busy for the next few months.

We just have our 6hr, a few more club/state races, a 100km enduro(my mom, 2 aunts & cousin might arrive on the day of the event so we'll see if we're doing it...)& then the 12hr.

Hopefully the run leg of your Anaconda adventure race won't be as hard as the one over here

[pinkbikes]

Oh we do love to overload ourselves don't we?! Good luck with all that too!

I hope your rellos enjoy their visit. We have just sent members of our pretend Canadian family back home to Canada. Their daughter came out for a friend's wedding, fell in love with somebody she met at the wedding, moved out and married him two weeks ago. So they came out for the wedding. And a couple more of them look like moving out here next year so before long we'll have nobody to land on the doorstep of over there!

[TrekJeni]

TJeni-THe distances at your enduro events seem quite long? Ours are normally 12-15km..Do your races state that you have to ride x number of consecutive laps or just x time?

I don't know if i'd survive an enduro up in the Northern Hemisphere..

It was a 12 hour race and laps were about 11 miles. My teammate and I prerode the night before and turned in lap times of about 1 hour 15 minutes at conversation pace.

Right before the start of the race, we received a bit of rain and the course instantly turned to peanut butter mud. Stuck to everything. Chain suck was the least of your probelms. The mud would stick to your tires and was so thick when it passed the fork it would just bunch up. You had to stop every 10 feet and clear the mud as your tires wouldn't roll anymore.


The overall goal of the race was most amount of laps and fastest time for those that tied laps.

Here's a little taste of the "race" conditions.

http://www.cyclingdirt.org/videos/co...race-interview