sikllama's blog

Was really looking forward to this, my first real race, having built up some fitness and skills over the last 18 months. Unfortunately 'he who never gets sick' started feeling lethargic and sore in the days leading up to ANZAC day - an ominous sign.

We arrived at James Estate Winery just after lunchtime on Friday. What a stunning place for a winery let alone a MTB race - surrounded by the rock escarpments of nearby national parks.

After a wet and soggy week in Sydney this event was in real danger of being postponed. However we got the word on Friday that, after consultation with NPWS, the event would go ahead as planned which was great news and finally broke my run of bad luck I had of entering events and having them not go ahead due to, in the first instance, horrendous fires last October for the Kanangra Classic, and then more recently the awaba rocky trail 4hr at the start of the month due to over 120mm of rain two days before.