Over the weekend I headed out to the Tailwind Promotions 12hr dusk til dawn race at Hiddenvale. I was racing solo to gain some fitness to carry into 2010, and simple because I like to rrace solo!!
Arriving out there with a few hours to spare enabled me to do a practice lap in the daylight hours. After racing last weekend at Karingal on a super technical course it was great to see a few sections where I could actually reach for my drink bottle safely. So after 11kms I rolled back to HQ with a big smile on my face, loving the trail I was about to ride for 12hrs.
The race started at 7pm, and I thought I may have a shot at the fastest lap, so I set off at a furious pace, coming into the tranistion in 1st place and good couple of minutes ahead of the main field. (taking the fastest lap by a good 2 minutes) Knowing that this pace was un-maintainable for 12hrs I sat back into my HR zone and chipped away, thinking I would be caught in the next lap or two. To my suprise it took 5hrs before Sean caught me.
It was a pretty un eventful race, just chipping away all night allowed me to sit up at 6am and enjoy a hot egg and bacon roll. 200 odd kms in 11.5 hrs, good night out!
Until next time-peace out.
1 comments:
Yes it took me to long to get you. well done machine
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