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Cold but fun ourimbah
It was a rather cold start to the day with the car showing a minimum of 4.5 degrees on the drive up to ourimbah and it had me considering why I was doing this again. But when I got to the trail I caught up with Daniel (my team mate) and fatboy. Daniel and I performed a recce by discussing the trail with other riders as neither of us had ridden it before. In hindsight maybe we shouldn't have done this as everyone made out the drop zone to be worse than what it was and made Daniel and I think about taking the b line, shock horror.
Manly Dam update for 26 Jun
majority of the track is dry and fine. Lingering puddles in the normal places.
PLEASE DO NOT RIDE POSSUM as it has lots of puddles and has seen a lot of damage from people riding through the mud causing the puddles to deepen and expand.
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Red Hill update for 25 Jun
Wet and muddy. Not film blown gritty yet but more the motos very into it the more it will be. Fingers crossed it drys up and hardens.
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Nice track, ordinary ride
Preparation for this race was abysmal, with 3 weeks overseas without a bike or even a hotel gym to work with. Got into Sydney at 6.00 am Wednesday after an overnight flight, so dealing with jet lag and lingering gastric problems from some dodgy seafood in Singapore. Quick spin on Wednesday after a nap, then up to Ourimbah for a couple of laps on Thursday, because I hadn't been there for a few years. Felt OK, so got my entry in. Went for another spin on Friday morning and felt really flat. Put it down to the fact that it was really cold and started raining just after I went out.
Shimano GP 4hr at Ourimbah
The last time I rode Ourimbah was 2 years ago for the same race.
Today was freezing cold, but somehow that made me less fatigued.
Enjoyed every single lap. I finished 2 seconds after the 4 hr mark, if I didn't go for a toilet break after the 1st lap I would've had time to do a 7th lap.
Coming in at 9th place for my age category(30-39) I was stoked, best results in a race so far !
I really need to learn to descent faster though, I was able to overtake guys when the trail goes up up but on the way down the guys I overtook would overtake me 
How good is Ourimbah?
I’m going to indulge in this write up because it turned out to be significant!
On the way home from the race Liz told me she had something pop up on Facebook saying today was exactly 12 months since my first ride after my big accident – I was off the bike for 95 days. Today was also my first podium result in a race.
So back up a few days, I was training ok and knew if I finished top 6 today I’d secure 3rd for the series with 1 round to go. Then I came down with a cold… The last 3 days I’ve struggled to get out of bed.
Great day out!
It was a cold morning and I was coming off a hectific few weeks at a new job and carrying a cold so not much training for the last 2 weeks.
@ahein and I teamed up and decided late that we'd just do the 4 hour. A very good decission that made it a fun day rather than a hard slog. We agreed that I'd head out first, a decission I realised would possibly have me doing 4 laps... Into the first lap with the cold air and still a bit sick I felt like I was riding with about 70 lung capacity. Pushed through it though a happy with the first lap just under 40 minutes.
Ourimbah State Forest update for 23 Jun
Still a few little damp patches, but all good to go for the Rocky Trail Shimano GP on Saturday.
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Bantry Bay update for 23 Jun
Open as per NPWS website
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Pine Island Reserve (Murrumbidgee River) update for 23 Jun
Rode from Point Hut to beyond Tuggeranong Wall last night, track is a bit damp still and muddy in spots. The lower sections close to the river have been roughed up a bit by recent flooding, however, overall the section I rode is in reasonable condition.
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