50km 2nd Time.

Seemed to be well prepared...given a relatively last minute 2nd hand entry for the 54km ride ...three weeks out.
This ride was tough and not to be taken lightly. I pushed through the pain barrier on all but the steepest of hills (very first one!)
Making good time at the 28km feed station around the 1hr 30min...so went into Overdrive for the remaining hills and big decent.
The last 15km were dirt road and the legs were feeling the strain towards the end, while the 100krs were flying by!
There was no end to the people I passed from the walk up the big hill till 200m before the finish line...thats probably because I started in the last wave....and seemed to be a long thin line to weave through!
The first attempt at this ride was in 2007 (3:04:54) so the goal was pretty clear. Less than 3 hours = Good.
Better than 2:45hr = pretty quick... so I was faster and payed for it latter but set a PB out there today.
Very happy with overall performance of the bike Trance x3 '09 and the pre race setup test the week before ...dialed in the suspension and fork for fast downhilling and mega climbing in the middle ring!