Hippie has a new ride

[pinkpanda3310]

I went in a race!


This one

Here are my results

This particular race is the pinnacle of MTB in australia from what I understand (the recent national titles couldn't draw a 'pro line up' as good as this race). I think there was 1070 registrations. I finished about the 1/3 mark for my catagory and overall results.

I didn't get to train and prepare for the race as much as I liked but that's life. I did better in the technical sections than I was expecting, I think half the other riders hadn't been offroad before I severely fatigued on the last kilometer on day 3 so, of course, day 4 was a real struggle. Day 4 was also a lot of flat and straight so all the roadbikers that held me up previously left me for dead

I didn't sleep well, my body ached, I now have a cold (my sinus's are wrecked) and I paid several hundred dollars for the opportunity to do so but all in all I had an awesome time.

You know when you have a really fun day that you wish would never end? You don't get that feeling with this race. By the end of day 4 I was glad to be driving home Mountain biking?? yeh, I've been there done that.... bike for sale

More road work for me... gotta build up my stamina for next year