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First 100k outing and it kind of went to plan, insofar as I expected it to be tough, for my back to cramp up and for it generally to hurt a lot ..... and it delivered all that.

I was pretty happy really with how I went in the first part of the race, but after the first water stop found the rocky sections pretty tough and jarring at race pace on a hardtail. Funny how sections which seem easy when you are tootling along on a recreational ride suddenly get a whole lot tougher on race day (mental note: ride the dually next time).

My first time ... I was pretty happy with that ...
Everyone there was in really good spirits ...
Great day overall ...
I'd seriously consider doing it again ....

Cheers
b.

Time for the 100km in 2010 was 5:18. Very happy with that!!

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My First race had a great time.

Went out with the first pack (little optimistic) hit that first climb and wept a little bit, walked the whole thing. My lower back and calves were ruined at that point but once on the top of the hill it was good fun, just kept going for it at a steady pass.

Was feeling great at the 28km mark so skipped the water station, about 2km after that wasn’t feeling so good, wished I’d stopped.

Woah! That was tough yesterday

My wife and I have just had a baby last week so my training has gone off the boil over the last 3-4 weeks. So I knew I was entering this event less than 100% prepared, but 100% committed to giving it my all.

What a great ride the DirtWorks 100 course is! This was my first ever race/event and overall I loved it. It was however a very long day and I was pretty much exhausted by the end of it.
I got up at 3:00am to drive out there Sunday morning as I was worried about encountering traffic and delays on the ferry at Wisemans. In the end I was there by about 5:15am! Way too early...

I can now happily say I've done a 100km enduro event

Well done to everyone that finished. I'm still blown away by some of the times posted, you guys are machines.

Preparation

Backing up for my second DW 100, its totally amazing how quickly you forget just how hard this ride is, how big that first hill is and how really small easy climbs become impossible mountains after about 80K’s. I’m convinced that (for me) a 60-70K ride can be done with relative ease, but it’s the extra stuff required that all but totally eludes me when I start to hit some climbs after that!

Just got back from an Eastern Europe Contiki.

managed 2 weeks of training 1 month out.

Glad I finished

First ever 100km DW.

Happy with the result.

Went out very hard managing to keep up with Sean for a fair but before my legs began to tire and were on the verge of cramps.

Managed to keep them at bay and finished as strong as a could despite being so very slow on all the hills in the Womerah Range.

Thanks to all,
Loz