Solo Nationals

What a massive weekend and an epic race. We ( Dad and I) made it down to Canberra on Friday afternoon and headed out to Majura for a look at the course, while putting my bike together I found that I was missing the rear derailer bolts - mistake 1, luckly the guys a Mal Adjusted hooked me up with some new ones! So I headed out on the practice lap and around 5 minutes in I snapped the cage of my brand new XX rear deralier! - mistake 2, this time it was Bike Culture who came to the rescue! These mistakes usually come in three's right? Whats next?
After a good carbo load and solid sleep, we headed out to the race to get set up and prepare for the race, Before we knew it we were on the start grid ready for a solid session. It was decided that we would all roll the first lap out of respect for 'Willo' before the hammer went down.
The course was the same as last years and in great condition, around 9kms in length and only one solid climb, making it very single speed friendly. Tight, twisty single track and a couple of good feeding straights.
The first 6 hours of the race were probably the worst for me, just could find any rythym or composure. Mistake 3 was lurking, luckly it came only 1km for the feed zone, my left pedal just fell off! I then became the one legged man until I could swap bikes and continue on my way! (thats why we use 2-3 bikes) Dad even found the pedal! Just as darkness fell I started to find my legs, I soon caught Bellie, then John, then scott and Brett, leaving only Jason up the road. Around 10pm I really started to feel good and put down of good lap times and tried to catch Jason, but just couldn't, although he didn't lap me, which is an improvement! Next time Jason!! Haha..
Nutrition was good but still needs some fine tuning, the bananas worked well until I turned into a monkey! Piklets and sambos are always a winner, especially with vegemite- a little salt hit. Drinks ranged from sports drinks, water, lemonade, up and go, ribeena juice, orange juice and coke! 20 odd gels comsumed.
Bikes ran well, other than the 'mistakes' which were just unlucky, Go Tomac! Thanks to Rodney at supersports, they were tuned to perfection by the crew a cognition, my Onza Canis railed every corner! Ayups preformed well as usually, and big thanks to Dad for all his support and staying up all night! Cheers