There is no shame in walking

… and I’m glad I did cause it was difficult to even walk it with my jelly legs at 68km - I’m sure I would have fallen in if I had of ridden it.

Proud to have completed my first 100km race (in fact my first 100km ride….) without falling off. Was aiming for around the 6 hour mark based on previous 50km efforts and achieved that goal!! Very stiff and sore that evening and the following day but recovered quite quickly on Monday to start planning the next big race!
The course was a lot tougher than I had had envisaged (probably would have paid to do a recce but, unfortunately other stuff in life gets in the way). The extent of sandstone drop downs and step ups was not something that I had truly appreciated. In hindsight I would have not ridden the Agogo (29er hardtail) but my duallie. Would have been slower up the hills but a lot more gentle going down. My body took a real battering. The Agogo did however perform faultlessly – thanks to Jordan and Cam at Ride in Workshop for the once over before the race 
And a big shout out to my mate Emilio who was 8th to the top of the first big hill and in the top 20 overall at @ the 26km mark before he did the right thing in pulling over for a faster rider and proceeded to have a branch snap his d/hanger. I caught up to him about 25 mins later and stopped only for him to wave me on… “Nothing you can do mate”. After I finished I expected that he would be hours…. but - no - being the Mr Fix it that he is, he turned the bike into a single speed and rode the next 60+ kms to finish with a 5:58. Great stuff.
Well run event and a beautiful part of the world…. But gee it’s a one tough old race.