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Great day at the races
Wow so lucky with the weather was so mild temperature wise that I only needed to add arm warmers to my summer riding kit.Had a good position on the starting grid so got a really safe run up till the first hill which was a mix of riding & a bit of walking.Had lots of fun on the technical ups & downs managed to stay on the bike and no punctures(thanks Stans and RR),felt good till just after the canoe bridge(didn't fall in)then the pain started, the last 25kms where tough most of them were spent alone grinding up hill after hill with my drive-chain making the most terrible noises left me wonderin
Dirtworks 100km
I'm getting better at race preparation and now have my breakfast of creamed rice and fruit, 2 calcium/magnesium tablets and 1 ibuprofen. yum.
I'm also learning my shock/fork pressures and tyre pressures. This really helps as i find i can adjust according to how much liquid I'm carrying or what terrain ill be on.
I drink Gatorade mixed with 50 grams maltodextrin powder per litre.
Fixed Century
The start of the Elite was interesting, with Gary forgetting to remove the road closed barriers, despite some frantic pointing and yelling from the front row of the grid as the start was counted down. Barriers at the start - perhaps a good omen for the crosser.
Eventually I lined up with Madge at the back of the last start wave with expectations of a very long day out.
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DW 09 - TOUGH!
Woken @ 5am by my 1 year old Tyler (nothing out of the ordinary there) to a classic autumn morning.
I had a goal to beat my 08 time of 5:20 and secretly was going for a sub 5. 08 was my first ever race so
I didn't have a good average to work with but I love a good challenge!
The first 50kms was as good as I remember and I snuck into half way just under 2.30. Dylan arrived
after a minute or so looking fresh and keeping his heart rate in check, I on the other hand was really
working it and wasn't looking forward to the upcoming climb past the temple. We rode together at
1st time clipped in
Hey everyone!
Sorry I couldn't catch up with you all the night before. Got there past midnight and went straight away to my sleeping bag.
After an overwhelming experience from Angry Doctor, I took it a bit easier. 1st time ever (apart from WED's 1 lap of the dam) clipped in:)
Should improve my paddling skills on a flat road, everyone zoomed past me.
New Bike Computer
I lost my bike computer over the weekend 
I really should know better than opening this can of worms, but can anyone recommend one that isn't likely to ping off my bike when I huck a jump? In particular features I am looking for: wireless, heart rate monitor, informative display, good resistance to cross talk and interference, water resistant and all of the usual cycle functions (cadence not required).
The Edge looks great but is quite pricey and looks as if it could bounce around a lot unless you weld it on.
First Dirtworks 50km
Fantastic weekend with great company in a beautiful setting.
I'm pretty pleased with my finish time. Didn't do any training and modestly aimed for 4 hours, so was a little suprised with that time.
Loved the downhill section at the end - what a blast!
BIG thankyou to Christine for organising a roof over our heads, dinner and proper bathrooms. You're a star 
fun fun fun
Probably the most relaxed 100km event I have done. I really enjoyed the ride I think mostly because I had no expectations other than to finish & under 7 hours if possible.
For the first time ever I didn't suffer from massive back pain which was great.
My only drama for the day was my rear brake completely failing in the first 10km, but it didn't really matter & made some of the descents a little more interesting.
All in all I was very happy & a little surprised to do a personal best of 6:16:09
first timer.
08:10:00 for first timer, really just glad that I made it 
Pretty sure that I said G'day to a couple of the nobmob folk at the top of the first hill? I still cant actually believe that anyone could ride that hill!
I had no idea this would be so tough, having only been riding for about 6 months.. I was pretty sure at the 30K mark that I would be a DNF, legs just were just not strong enough as I had already started to try to walk out the sore legs on the bigger climbs from about the first water stop!
BoooOOOOooo
It was my second time in the Elite world (the fist time was JetBlack 101) and the start was really interesting.
I said to myself try to hold on for as long as you can ...
We were 4 women in the Elite group, when the race started the pace was actually not too bad at all (I was actually surprised!) There was some on/off pace (really fast and bit slower) typical road race thing to do ....I was behind Lee and Jason English (Who was chatting with another BMC rider).