Wednesday, July 16, 2008

6 Hours of Suffering (WWPD)

Actually the 6 Hour MTB Blast wasn't that bad.  The weather was good - sunny but still cold so numbers were good.  Each lap was about 9km long.  I started right at the back and just cruised around and was making fairly reasonable lap times (about 27minutes a lap).  I had a short stop to get something to eat and also lost a bit of time helping a guy mend his chain (he was stopped on the side of the track and I thought to myself What Would Pete Do (WWPD)? - it didn't take long to decide) but apart from that it was fairly consistent riding.

In the end I placed 9th (out of 17) with 11 laps (the winner did 14).  Not too bad considering the hard ride the day before and my natural inaptitude for MTB.

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