The eternal quest to lose 5kg…
Today was round 2 of the much anticipated Southern Masters Cycling Club, Giant Cycles, Trivelo Coaching time trial series.
This is a great little series that is attended by Australian and (I think world) champions as well as Olympic representatives. The participants are friendly. The volunteers are friendly. There was free hedgehog post race! Continue reading
For this race I used a “hand me down” Ridley Ignite. A hard tail 29er. As it turned out, there were about 5 roots on the course and my crappy old 1900’s mtb would have handled the job. Mostly the course was light sand and clay with some access trails.
Finish in the top 20. Continue reading
Last year was one of my worst for this race. I’d lost a lot of interest in cycling after a 6hr mountain bike endurance event and was about 4kgs over race weight. I have no photos of 2016 and I did not post on the subject. This year I was back on track. 80kg’s on day 1 after starting the week at 83. The worry was that for the last week, my riding had felt pretty powerless so I was expecting to be dropped on the hills on every stage. Again I ran the official website. I did not create a race guide. This year Crowe Horwath, a part of Findex was naming rights sponsor. The Bass Coast Cycle Challenge gave away five entries into their ride and Wheel Heat provided encouragement awards.
Assuming not dropped, have a crack at the sprint championship. See if I can eek enough points to get first.
BIg JIm started 30 seconds ahead of me. A good bunny that had zero danger of being passed. If all went to plan, I would come second. Continue reading