The hard road..

ALWAYS DO MORE IF YOU HAVE TIME>>

after nearly 6hrs of racing a slow hour to pack up ou stuff to turn the car on for the road trip home a live session of the hilltop hoods was cranking it truly made my day..

The wknd kicked off with a 90min cycle on saturday morning which was loads of fun and loads of hard work but the best eggs benedict afterwards is just gold... hit the road for nowra as soon as we arrived did rego and then hit the trail..

Which had me smiling the whole way around a very very very smooth track alot of log roll overs/jumps to keep it spicy but a track that will reward rythm and tempo so for my worn out legs it was going to help :)..
WE had dinner in nowra at some place which had a group of people dressed up for a 70's theme which made for an interesting dining experience..and into our tent for the night in a forrest.

THe race got underway at 930 after alot of people neeeded to rego at the last minute.. and with noticing matt flemming warming up the game plan changed to not getting lapped (i failed) so we rolled down to the start line with solos heading in one direction and teams going in another(were some gun riders were, when i thought theyd be racing solo) we questioned on how there start plan wa going to work but they assured they new wat they were doing (oh they were wrong lol)

Off we go, i felt heavy in the stomach at the start so for the pace to be very subdued i was very gratefull for... i dont think ive ever been in a race that started so easy, there wasnt even a burn in the legs.. and when we hit the 1st fire road matt flemming was a far way ahead.. thats why the burn isnt there because no one has been trying to keep with him.. further along 3 of us form together and ride away from the rest of the field until we head into some single track to get run over by a train of riders coming head on!!!!!!!!!!! WTF.. and lots of cranky heads... but we sort out wats going on and let the lost train continue on... no i dea how they managed to find transition... the next lap our group of 3 are still together., back thru transition SS mcgee pulls over and me a jamie continue on, jamie picks up alot of crap in his cassette which wouldnt be hard with all the new track and grass we had to ride thru.. he pulls over to fix the prob..
So i just keep the tempo and crank out the laps... i didnt pull over for about 3hrs still feeling good and wondering how i could be 2nd by taking it so cruzy..a few laps later i pull over for a drink and a stretch and ask for the time which i miss understood thinking i only had about an hour to go (when i really had prob 1hr45min..) so i rode it like i had 2 left when i had 3... i really begin to run out of fuel in lap 2... and my speed slows...i was to be overtaken by the SS mcgee in this period somewere...
I pull up in transition to chuck my camelback off refuel and go out for my last lap.....so i just keep pedaling... the sunlight flickering through the trees was really unsettling my tired eyes and was making my stomach turn.. i pulled up to timing at the end of a painfull lap to be informed i had 3min till 6hrs was up and i was 3rd and 4th was yea a farway back... so i called it a day and got off the bike....
Only to find out he snuck thru a went out and did another lap...

You might riding the race solo but ya cant win it alone.. solid intel is required, plus knowing my lap times and speeds would of been a real boost to morale... might have to start racing with a trip computer again..

I was impressed with my speed over the race...and well i should of went into more hurt to deserve 3rd place..

JUST CHOPS :)