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Great event. Track was good, with plenty of fire trail to sort everyone out to start with, then a good deal of interesting single track and plenty of little used fire trail that was fun to ride. No major hills. Only negative was a few serious bog holes which meant another mud dunking for my newish shoes. There were some seriously deep sections there (4WD wheel ruts under muddy water) but not too bad if you walked along the edges. I saw one guy behind me go in up to the top of his front wheel.

My fastest time ever by over an hour, and a complete contrast to the Canberra race that shall not be named.

Riding single speed geared 32:18 was way too spinny and i was managing the cramping situation from about 50 kays. Despite the flatness i was working hard the whole way and really felt it at the end when a train came past me and i couldn't jump on - i just waved it goodbye and kept my own pace through.

I dont know about anyone else but i really enjoyed this race (50k) there was a bit of firetrail but there was also no holdups waiting for people either .
For me it was the easiest 50 k so far ....out of three , with a 2:50:11 being an hour and fifteen minutes quicker than Cap Punish a few weeks ago .

Well that Is the fastest 100km race I have ever done... While the course may seem flat and easy its not.... You need to pedal the whole damn way except for the parts where you carry your bike through the "puddles"
The course took in the 3 main single track areas of Nowra using fire road to link them together, the fire road used was mostly over grown so it was more like straight-ish singletrack really.
All in all a good day on the bike.

Yesterday I was way more prepared than DW. I got a lift down with matt_b the day before and got a good nights rest at my friends beach house. A chilly 5am and 6 deg wakeup it didn't take long before all the boys in the house were all fired up for the ride ahead. With the slow cooker all loaded up all that was needed was to set it going, lock up, race and come back all in one piece 7 hours later. Easy right?

Great ride of first's for me. First ride with Nobmob and first ride to Cascades. I had a ball. great bunch of blokes. All rode to our abilities and no BS!!!
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Thanks heaps
see you all next time

Derrick

Anyone ride Terrey hills yesterday or this morning to know what conditions are like ? super keen for a ride. thanks Matt

My first event - 50K - entered as a super vet.
I started near the back (wave 6) and followed the line of riders in the rain.
Majura was mostly great fun. By the time I came through, the hill near the end was very slippery and many people had to push up through the mud. It was a bit of a congo line.
Nearly came off coming down again but unclipped and got my foot out in time.
Then the gullies! Oh that was muddy. Got off and pushed out several times, at least if my feet didn't slide out too.

I was really really looking forward to this one ....... This unbridled enthusiasm lasted all of 3 km's before I picked up a stick in the rear derailleur and badly bent the hanger. Looking at the condition of the singletrack after 800 riders had gone through, I seriously considered turning round and heading back to the start ( as quite a few people appeared to be doing...). Common sense prevailed and I replaced the hanger with a spare form my pack but by this time, I was dead last and probably about half an hour behind the next rider..... not a good start.

What a ride ...... This was a race i have been looking forward to for a long time as i am fortunate enough to ride Canberra trails on a very regular basis due to my work , although the ride groups usually range from one to about a dozen if i can muster up enough locals for a decent ride there ...