Tues morning started with a 615spin class which woke the legs up they struggled a bit after the intensity of sunday racing.. lots of talk about the kariong training session but the weather and timing didnt suit the three riders..
so i went for a quick 90min blast on my specialized epic out into the bush on the macs trails which are sweet as at the moment a very nice line has been run in out there, so check it out...
i lowered my tyre pressure to 50psi to help with climbing... i bombed it down the luge,, never really trusting my back tyre.. and then road up heartbreak hill... which now looks so daunting and the water bars have doubled in size, its a cross between a downhill/4x track atm very challenging to climb. made it to the top with the heart attack it promises.
then headed over to the overgrown leafy single track which was a ball riding with a skinny tyre riding of the edge of good and bad. so good i did it twice when charli turned up. rode back to work loaded up the bike off to the gym for a spin class a very long sleep that night..
THe kariong climb started at 1230 with rain looming.. knowing we were only doing 6laps was nice and we were all pumped to be there... crawfords legs were firing alot better this week he rode the first lap in the saddle astonishing strength...we ease it down the hill on semi wet roads..
lap 2 all seem a blur between the pain but we all had turns at the front.
lap 3 i sit back and wait till halfway to pounce jak and crawford answered the call very well and we battled our way to the top wit a chain slip on crawfords bike the sprint finish was void...
lap 4 it upped the tempo trying to hold 22-23km/hr with crawford on my tail all the way, he attacks at the look out, i never answer an attack instantly for some reason im more happy with just slowly pulling back the gap i have to work overtime to pull the gap and he sees my coming im climbing at 30km/hr around the bend, ill catch him and let him have the win.. we get even and both launch out of the saddle my legs and heart was never gona surrender with nearly dieing on the bike we peak at 33km/hr i get him by half a wheel and both gobsmacked how hard we pushed it..
lap 5.. rizzo flys from the start and we never catch him till the last corner.. with drops of rain it signals this will be the last one.... i empty the tank all the way to the top..
the day was finished off with a spin class...
legs are spent...
1hr 58mins for 4laps of ourimbah on sundays club race.
thats a minute slower than the sunday i raced after a mon-fri 400km stage race.. but i pushed it the max i thought on sunday... hmmmm wat could be the answer to this..
chops:)
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