Scott 24 2009

Team: Meat and 2 veg

Status: Finished

Laps: 23

Race Category: 6s/Male 40+

Position (Category): 4

This will be short, sleep is iminent.

I'll just outline the bullet points.

I was part of a great team of riders from South Sydney who I hadn't met before.
We had 6 flat tyres and one blown shock (incluiding my UST larsen.
Without the flats we would have come first in cat (oh well).
As it was we missed third by 1:30 minutes...

Ace stuff
The event was really well organised.
The track was awesome. Hair raising fast desents with nice (yes really) climbing to pay for it. Lots of crazy air to be had and a fantastic track for the Yeti.
The team I was in was great, all top blokes who are competitive but somehow casual as well - weird Oh, they are fast too.

Grumbles
I thought the track was too crowded, everytime I got my flow I ran into another group of riders tailing each other like sheep. I think there where simply too many people there.
A bit gutted we missed the podium (even though the computers told us we had it even 1.5 hours after the race finished). How to get a teams hopes up then kick them in the nuptuals!
The laps are probably a bit too long to be honest... but they are still fun.
It was quite cold when leaving your sleeping bag at 2 in the morning and pulling on wet bike kit (I know, I should harden up).

There, that will do for now... all in all, I had a great weekend.