Awesome

Wow got to the event car park around 6:30 thinking I'd have enough time for a warm up ride no no no people had already started lining up at the start line so I joined the que around 4 rows back from the front.The start gun went and the pace was on, remember thinking it can't keep going like this or I'm going to blow.Half way through first stage heart rate came down to more of endurance rate,went through transition at Wingello oval on the front of a pack of four they all stopped for water and I was left on my own had to chase down riders around 200mtr in front to get onto a wheel
First bit of single track on the red loop I found out I hadn't mastered the new 29er in tight corners yet and started loosing ground to the group I was riding with wasn't to concerned as with fire roads up ahead the new Specialized epic goes like it's got a motor hidden in the bottom bracket.Must say the 2/10 gearing was perfect for this race.
Stopped at the last transition sculled a few cups of gue left and chased down Tate and joined his group for a while until the single track where i backed off a little worried about cramps down the track further saw Tate again with a puncture, that sucks.Felt good through the nasty brokeback section and later was getting excited when I realized had a chance to come in under 5hrs so really amped up the pace crossing in 4:54:06 was stocked