AS most people are aware its been extremly wet and yea it not very motivating to get any extra training done or to get excited about racing a track that has 3 creek crossing..
Did a small ss road ride on saturday then drove the 2hrs to appin in drizzle.. i put up my brand new gazebo/sun shade thingy.$128 from bigw bargin:)
I bumped into dave a tough single speeder who i see at all the enduros, who offered me a roof over my head instead of camping like planned so cheers mate..
I started the race (a social day with the boys) racing for http://www.linxgroup.com.au/ it was a rough start with tyres clashing as we slipped and slided in the clay fire road, got held up in the single track a fair bit but i was content with the pace... got going towards the end and made up a few places 34min lap..
greg was the next rider followed by david, then it was my turn again, i hit the creek crossing with eyes peeled to find the right line.. my nose is an inch from the water i tuck my head in.THUMP. i hit the rock bottom head first(thoughts of this aint going to be good) THUMP my bike lands on my head, i push myself up out of the submerged situation quite dazed i fix my damaged helmet push/limp my way out of the water wondering if i was ok... should i turn back to transition or am ok??? i slip into a pair of angry pants annoyed at getting drenched and post my quickest lap by a minute..
By this stage we find out were coming 4th and me and greg agreed on wanting the poduim while david was lappin appin in only his second ever mtb race..
so we keep up our duties and transitions were quite smooth..
THe next time we check timing were coming 2nd:) its game on now 1st place was out of reach but we did wat we could to hold off 3rd place.. with 90min left and david out riding and greg declaring he has had enough and my next lap would be the begining of a double so i did wat i could to get down as much fuel as i could., knowing i needed 2 sub35min laps to def hold off 3rd who was about 5mins behined..
Off i go with dead legs, mainly just cold from sitting around and being unable to bend my right leg after that creek crossing.. i road it smooth and rythm and being more daring thru the corners alot of great fast corners at appin.. i couldnt really attack to hard so i knew i was goin a bit slower then my previous 33min laps, i came across a stricken rider who needed a link to fix a chain i reach and throw my griplock bag containing link chainbreaker tubes tyres leavers and a c02..with no time to stop i power away then realising wat ive just done could cost me the race if something was to go wrong in my double lap.. hoping the karma would be returned i tried to make all gear changes smooth as possible..
part2... i conquer the creek crossing that brought me undone earlier:) all going well till i get to the next one.. i try to power the front wheel up a rock ledge after the creek and get chain suck which sent me over the bars slapping my hands on the rock i had my eyes on.... hearing my bike bounch away on the rocks:(... i give it wat ive got to the line...
i never got over taken so i knew i had it in the bag... no one got round me all day:) just lucky timing i guess..
so 2nd place it was.. made the boys happy.. they returned the favour by packing up all my gear cheers guys the linx boys now how to get to work on constructing and destructing... that space never had trees there did it eh guys????
big thanks to my bike shop PUSHY GALORE. who always having my specialized epic running sweet.
and to mayhem clothing http://www.mayhemapparel.ca/ and to fluid http://www.livefluid.com/ for or your support..
CHOPS:) wearing the socks i won..
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