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Hey There! Today we are down to 32 days until I am racing the World Solo 24 hr Championships in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.
Training is going great. Riding heaps of road, and having fun in the mud on the mountain bike.
Here is my new GIANT - TCF Kit, thanks to them both.
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The Road race over and done with at Broadford, we were now off to Bendigo for the 6 hr Enduro. Last year I was on fire and completed 11 laps. This year I already felt fatigued before I even got on the bike, however was keen to back up for the sake of some solid 24hr training. Ouch- a rama style. Even our practice lap on Saturday afternoon was a little more hurty than normal and I was just not keeping up as normal...let alone pushing and leading the group. Oh this was going to be a long day tomorrow. More to the point, Peta Mullens who was at the road race yesterday, was going to to be pushing me harder than I was interested in. But thats racing. As I stated - Hurt Fest Day 2!
We had a delightful time camping and going out to dinner so I was really stoked to have such as awesome company. We had 27 people for dinner and a camp full of people back at the race course.
Off to bed that night I had a shocking sleep. Tossed and turned and basically not well rested. Woke up and went through my normal drill, keen to just get started and see if I could, would maybe fire up.
The race started and I hurt in the first 30 seconds. Oh, this was going to be a long day. People were chatting to me and saying stuff like, youre not your normal happy self...yep, I was cranky too. Not in the mood for niceities made for an even longer day. Peta Mullens was on fire and I was smouldering.
This was without a doubt one of my toughest races since Kona 24 hr last year in December. A great learning curve, well done to Peta and well done to the rest of the RDS crew. thanks Norm for pushing me along and allowing me to secure 2nd place.
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Its about 8 weeks until Canada - Crazy thought.
I just spent last weekend in the hurt box. Not sure that I enjoyed it much but I did get some awesome mental toughness training out of it.
Day 1 - Saturday 23rd May. Preston Mountain Classic Handicap Road Race. About 73km in distance. My 2nd road race for the year I was a little scared of riding in a big bunch of around 25, knowing that we would hit the pace from the word go...and with Hills. My hill climbing is feeling pretty weak at the moment after the solo 24 hr effort. So we started out staying together and a with a few times of nearly being dropped, I continued to work hard to stay on. My gosh the politics in a bunch. Especially Mr. Specialised Pink Jersey, he was the ring leader and he was totally onto but rubbed some people up the wrong way for sure. I could deal with it and quite enjoyed the lack of responsibility - just ride attitude that I could employ.
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