Glad to finish

I was lucky to get to the camp site mid afternoon Friday to secure our usual camp spot and be able to chill out enjoying the blue sky while catching up with friends.
 Saturday morning came around fast,was planning on a warm up ride but ran out of time as there were riders in the chute already,lined up around four rows back from the front. The start gun goes off the pace wasn't fast as other years so I just sucked wheel till the first hill made I to the top recovered tiny bit then started racing. All was going well till I took a wrong line around a big mud puddle and fell in with my bike covering my drive chain with mud and gunk a bit of chain suck followed fortunately I had packed enough lube for two applications which I used replacing what was washed off
 Things were going good enjoying the race until Womarah Range that climb really wears me down so I was suffering till Jacks Track which along with Shepard's Gully are my favorite sections. Was very glad to cross the finish line was aiming for 4:30:00 ended up nearly 9minutes slower maybe next year!