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

[crazycanuck]

First..warming up in the morning.
Second...end of the 40k..I was wahooing not cringing!
Third..the road leading into Turner Hill
Fourth...end of Turner Hill!
Last-At the end with one of the top female mtn bikers in Australia-Jodie Willett(beat my friend, the Western australian champ, by 5min..)

[crazycanuck]

There are heaps o photos of Big Bertha on Facebook.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...3557368&ref=mf

[Aggie_Ama]

Congrats!! All that training paid off and you were worried?

[MtnBikerChk]

CONGRATS!

Looks like the Titus was worth the wait !

[crazycanuck]

Titus was worth the wait

Here's some footage from the beginning of the event-the dude's going to upload the rest a bit later. http://contour.com/node/111298

[SheFly]

Congrats! I knew you could do it and not worry about the time cut offs! Great reports, too.

The mental part of a long race/ride like that is TOUGH. I struggle with this still, after years of racing and riding. You need to focus on your goal, and not let the negative self-talk creep in. Since you were so far ahead of the time cuts, you should have focused on seeing just how much you could beat the next one by... But, I know this isn't easy.

Sounds like a great time with some bigger goals ahead! Congrats again.

SheFly

[crazycanuck]

Shefly-thanks & there was no negative self talk on saturday at all! I just knew i couldn't get cocky as i'd no idea how the last 36km would be...