MTB FOOTAGE

Here is a link to a video made by shane.. on wat we call staples look out a great ride on a fire road that is challenging surface seen some big stacks on these rides and here comes another..
http://www.vimeo.com/3197532

chops:)

HAMMER TIME

Top left is just an example of how random life can get when ur asked to polish gavells(prob spelt wrong)

Bottom left is me off the start nice gap eh

Top right is me after 5 6km laps so muddy

It has rained all week as each day wore on the more pain i felt for my epic..

i got back from orange 930 on sat night some endura and fried rice before bed was all i had time for.

The drive out to ourimbah was wet the whole way sigh my bike is getting wet on the roof and im not on it to comfort it..

Well its time to break this epic in now i put my name down in a grade with another rider i scout the carpark to see he who could be.... some big dude on a carbon scott bike in matching racing kit.. yea that would be him,,, hmmmm but hes not a local tho, i hit the track for a practise the amount of puddles was crazy i asked the organisers if they were selling snorkles, just got a laugh..

So we roll down to the start and me and anthony stand on the line, i find out hes just moved to the coast well hes local now.. so wish i had some clear glasses, my race plan became fire off the start so i dont have to dodge mud from tyres the plan worked well at the top of the switchbacks i took at a glance of were the field was, the other a grade rider was behined a b grade rider because we all started together.. my plan worked even better so i rode it as hard as i could n the track was very grippy it was such a smooth lap.

LAP2 heading back up the switchbacks i could see 2nd place finishing his 1st lap so i kept the pounding of the pedals, got thrown off th track riding the b line(the drop off was shut) all momentum lost i ran up the hill. knowing he was hot on my tail, i rode as hard as i could..

LAP3 back up the switchbacks again no sight of 2nd place haha its my day now, a crash into a tree and sum traffic was the order of lap3 and my brakes dying so now it got fun/dangerous but i stayed upright and knowing my lead could not be made up i still wanted a work out so i pushed on.. on my final lap i flattered oh i swore angry i could lose my lead,(i dont get much practise at changing tyres let alone in the mud) of it was crap n looking over my shoulder waiting for the battle to begin all over again.. i rode to the finish..LAST MAN STANDING.. 2nd place pulled out but we had a good chat n laugh at how we dont have any pads left, straight home to wash the bike.. i even had mud inside my nics.

The epic is in the shop for the week now or until they ship sum pads in for my elixer brakes.. wow they are so smooth they didnt even squel once in the wet.

here is sum footage of ourimbah from youtube..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYWj1CnyydI&feature=related

chops:)

ps. i wore pink for you jason and ed :)

TRYING TO PREPARE

Firstly if and when you go to canberra take ya bike.
Ed and jason and kriskon i was there on the wknd for a bucks wknd and well there wasnt any time for riding on saturday n sunday well i woke up quite well considering drinking till 5am but it was torture seeing anyone on a bike going anywhere..

well this sunday is the first round of our local xc competition at ourimbah which is one of the tracks in the mag with 48TRAILS THAT ROCK.. check out the guy riding sparrow hill sorry canberrians thats me:)
boxing class was last night and i got to box which was sweet and cycle at 615am this morning awoke to cracking thunder at bout 5am was so hard to drag myself out of bed but got up on stage and do my thing.. another class to teach tonight at 630 was planning on riding afterwards but def not taking my bike near any mud..
wednesday involves a spin class and boxing class thursday has 2 spin classes 615am and 630pm
there is one friday afternoon.
saturday has one in the morning then i gotta drive to orange for a course about indoor cycling then back so 2spin classes and 8hrs of driving the day before race day not an ideal prep i say, but thats life will try to my best to keep fueled up on saturday to give my legs a good chance to recover..
im nervous about being left behined becauase i havnt trained enough... and with the list of entries in the mountains to beach published i think i might know my position but same again and its over 5days will i have the legs..
time will tell..

keep riding

chops:)

2009 EPIC MARATHON

HOW HOT IS THIS BIKE????????????????????????????

dont have much to blog about my head is just dreaming of trails.. lots of gym classes 6 so far and its only midway thru thursday another spin class at 630tonight then me and my new ride will be having some quality time together watching the sun going down...

woop woop cant wait to ride after the gym:)

happy chops....