Another rocky tale...

After the late transfer from a wet Mt Annan to Awaba, a wild, wet and windy Friday night in Sydney had me thinking it would be a rough day. Obviously many others did as well, as the field was pretty thin. Hadn't been to Awaba for a few years, so rode the first lap blind. At my pace that's not too much of a drama. Decided to save the knees a bit by taking what I now know to be the much longer B line up Camelback the first time, but lost a lot of time and spent most of the rest of the first lap catching up to those that I had been riding near. Walked 50m straight up the hill on subsequent laps for a faster, but less enjoyable, time.

Got overtaken by Cam Ivory on my second lap, man he was flying! It was about 7 minutes before at the second rider came past (Jon Odams I think), so Cam was obviously in a different class to the rest of the small field. With that small field, being overtaken wasn't quite the chore it can be and everyone seemed very relaxed and friendly.

The track overall was surprisingly good. A few damp spots stayed damp all day, but mostly the track improved with a few hours of sun and wind.

Managed to take out the over 60's 4 hr category by an infinite amount from the non-existent rest of the field. This lifted me from a distant second to a close second in the series, as the category leader sat out this race. The rest of the field for the series was about as extensive as the Category field at Awaba.....