Sub 6 Fling :-)

First thing, what a well organised event this is. The place was just totally buzzing. The scenery on the course is just amazing as well.

I didn't know what to expect going into this. Looking at what times it had previously been done in I was thinking 6.5-7hours and considering my stomach issues of late I was just going to see how I felt after each stage.

The first stage went pretty quick and I have an average of 22.2km/h. Got to Wingello oval and new even though that was quick I wasn't able to eat and drink much. I topped up my water, had a bit of coke and was off for stage two.

The second stage was good for me although I was not feeling the best. It certainly helped that we had been to Wingello a few times so the single track was quite familiar. I stopped at the water stop to top up but only took on about 500ml of water. The elites caught me on the KOM climb so I might even make it on SBS if on next week.

The third stage for me was where I totally fell apart. By this time as well the course was quite technical and there we heaps of half flingers still out. There were a couple of close calls when they would just stop in front of you. Bakers Delight particularly bad coupled with the fact I was totally shattered by then.

When I got to 10kms to go I started doing to sums and thought, gee, I could do sub 6 here. I pushed on and came in at 05:45:53 (with the 2 x 5 minutes deducted to cross the level rail crossing) which I was stoked with. My plan was to make the 2012 Dirtworks the one to crack the 6 hour mark.

Overall there were a few nobmobber's with awesome times today..

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