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Mid week Menai ride
The meeting times are 'ready to ride'. If you need time to prepare equipment then please arrive a few minutes earlier.
OPPOSITE THE ENTRANCE TO ANSTO ON THE NEW ILLAWARRA ROAD, LUCAS HEIGHTS.
You know this ride by now. A bit technical in places, a few pinch climbs here and there and some good flowing sniggle.
Not the ride for a beginner as it can be tricky in places, good lights will be needed and body armour is advised.
First Enduro attempt
What a great day out and an enjoyable challenge.
This was my first ever race or enduro event and pretty pleased with the result being smack bang between goal of 6:30 and ideal of 6:00. Wanted to get a good time but not thrash myself. In hindsight that 6hrs was more than achievable, just the simple things.
Got that one out of the way ...
What was I thinking ?????
All I can say is that it seemed like a good idea beforehand but by the first waterstop, i was ready to pull out.
Legs felt fine but shoulder was very very sore. I think the push up the first hill really screwed it up. Bizarrely, I could still go downhill ok but really struggled on any bit of tech or rocky uphill, I just couldn't pull up on the bars without sharp pains from the rotator cuff....
Dirtworks 100
Another great event from the Maximum Adventure crew. How great was it to arrive at sparrows fart to warm weather?
NSWMTB?
I was unaware that a lot of this sites stuff (forum talk/trail status) is mirrored at NSWMTB?
interesting?
Best Race Ever!
My main focus was to ride the first hill as last year i didn't have it in my legs or lungs. This year i did just that... rode all the way to the top at 96% heart rate (180 bpm ). My god that hurts! and for the rest of the ride i felt ridiculously strong (except for a lull in heart rate around the 80km mark).
I started near the front of the 2nd wave and let half of them go ahead as i monitored my HR and warmed up my legs properly. Its funny how many people are in such a hurry to get to the hill and then walk it!
This Old Fart's still whipping Ass
By the time I got to the first climb the legs where nicely warmed up thanks to Gazza and Pete at the head of peleton pushing the pace along the road,the climb was very doable after the grader had smoothed the road out, very different to previous years when it was a goat track.