Here’s some gibberish point-form notes that I might one-day turn into a proper race report.. ha!<\/p>\n
Low-Mid 30’s (degC) most of the weekend. I had later and cooler lap first.<\/p>\n
Lack of prep (road trained, no mtb’ing)<\/p>\n
Black Snot from the dirt<\/p>\n
Sore ribs from the OTB Killer stick (still sore a week later!)<\/p>\n
Dust<\/p>\n
Stubby holder great idea, beer even better \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
Sid Taberlay lap times and crazy speed as he flew by me up long hill<\/p>\n
Pinch flats on 2 laps (rigid ss understandable, hardtail – what the?! at the 2k to go mark too – nooo!!!)<\/p>\n
Soooo many lollies!<\/p>\n
Rested some more, sore ribs when lying down<\/p>\n
Cool teammates<\/p>\n
Guy falling off ramp at the start<\/p>\n
Karate Monkey crash final lap – funny, max respect for the rigid\/ss rider<\/p>\n
Dust<\/p>\n
Rocks<\/p>\n
Nice people encouraging me and friendly passing (“take your time”)<\/p>\n
Jukka (on our team last year) “Good Samaritan” award, pump, tube and multi-tool in one lap!<\/p>\n
Solo efforts – Saul Britton 24 laps in 24 hours (actually 19)!! <\/p>\n
9 laps Michelle Wallace!!<\/p>\n
Shower – great.. I was sooo dirty!<\/p>\n
Kids race was cool to watch<\/p>\n
Running low on spare tubes (Paul I have one of yours!)<\/p>\n
Saved the “finishing” beers for after I made the drive home.. how sweet were they!<\/p>\n
BikeSoiler claiming to see scorpions but I only saw centipedes and spiders.. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
Stubby holders with drink were a frickin’ grouse idea!!<\/p>\n
I heard the bike cleaning was great – Neil dropped in a $5 for their efforts<\/p>\n
1:03 out of my first battery for the 10W helmet light. Goal is to finish a lap on one battery \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Additional<\/b><\/p>\n
“eddiec” wrote: “How’d your night-lap(s) go?”<\/i><\/p>\n
Better than last year. I got 1:03 out of my VistaLite 10W NiMH before I had to change batteries. I pinch flatted right at the 2k to go sign – damn I was pissed off! You could probably hear my swearing at the camp.. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
Didn’t see any of the scorpions BikeSoiler was talking about but plenty of centipedes and some spiders. It was actually some good riding at night – I was moving well in the cooler temp..<\/p>\n
“eddiec” wrote: “How many couches in the campsite?”<\/i><\/p>\n
I brought three chairs, Phil had a foldout table\/chair setup with 4 chairs as well as a bed thing, Ryan had chairs, Bikesoiler had chairs.. the point I’m trying to make is that we had enough chairs! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
Couches = 0. No room in the car for that bulk – I’ve got bikes to carry!<\/p>\n
“eddiec” wrote: “See the guy on a rigid mtb with racks front ‘n back and drop bars…”<\/i><\/p>\n
The guy on the touring bike? Yeah, there’s a pic of him on the website. I saw him coming in on one lap, spotted the drops and thought it might have been Dan on his cyclocross bike, but then I saw racks!! Nutter! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
“eddiec” wrote: “Were you one of those intimidating types on the trainers in the transition area?”<\/i><\/p>\n
I thought seriously about warming up but never did. We weren’t ever going to win it so there wasn’t much point. It might’ve made the initial climb a little more pleasant, but it wasn’t necessary. Besides, people might think I was ‘serious’!!<\/p>\n
“eddiec” wrote: “who won the good Samaritan award and what for?”<\/i><\/p>\n
hehe.. it was actually one of our team from last year’s race.. Jukka. He got it for giving away his pump, a tube and his multi-tool in one lap! The recipient of the multi-tool was also one of our team members from last year! Go Jukka! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
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