Another great race with the Lap Dancers, this time at Yellowmundi. I was keen to have another go at the 8 hour race as at the first round I couldn't really get in the course and I felt I didn't do it justice, struggling with front end grip and the furnace like heat. This one was different and I loved it. I had swapped my igniter for a new Panaracer XC and it made all the difference, I had controllable front wheel slides and I actually didn't have a crash (who'd have thought?)
I had ridden this track once before socially but in a race it's different - fast, technical and hard. By my third lap I had learnt some of the more obvious lines and was really starting to get into it. It was a great track to work on my cornering and I was able to practice my weight distribution and force my self to stay off the brakes. I was overtaken only twice the whole time, by Craig Gordon, well he is a world champion I suppose.
When I came in to finish my third lap Steve took off and literally 4 minutes later I saw him pushing his bike back to camp nobmob. As I was still standing there in my kit I frantically went out again. I thought I would struggle as I didn't have any energy with me but John threw me a full bidon which really helped. My lap times where around 36 mins and my second lap came in at 41 complete with Steve's run across the carpark and my ride back to find the track, it could have been much worse. Our gap to the third place team had shrunk so it was up to John and Steve to hammer home some decent times, which ended up getting us the second place.
As usual, I'll bullet point memories.
What rocked
o The Great track - gets better every lap.
o Being passed my Gordo who appeared to be rocket powered.
o Coming second place for the second WWS 8 hour race in a row, a privilege to be in such a fast team.
o Vanina smashing the end of her race to come in first place again - well done!
o Rob for being heroic after quite a nasty spill - those are going to hurt tonight.
o Bruce for putting in a great effort to ride 10 laps solo.
o Darren for lending me his bottle holder.
o The overall good vibe at camp nobmob and out on the course.
o Not crashing.
What sucked
o Finding out my rear brake was on all day
o Trying to adjust said brake and loosing all of the brake shims in the long grass - dummy.
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