24 Hour Racing

Well after spending a lot of early mornings and long days on the weekends riding and away from my family for the last few months getting my fitness back to where it needed to be thanks to Steve from U turn Fitness.

http://www.uturnfitness.com/

This last weekend I completed my first 24 hour event the Merida 24 hour about 30k from home at Hidden vale resort, since the Kellevie 24 hour in Tasmania early this year where I finished a very respectable 10 overall in solo. Though there is one thing I have struggled with over the last few years of complete these types of events.

Sleeping... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

This time around though I was determined to NOT sleep or have any significant down time off the bike for the entire event. I am happy to report this was successfully achieved! A second goal I set for myself for the race was to meet or break the 300k in 24hour barrier, something I have not reached ,no doubt due to my sleeping during those only hours between midnight and dawn I expect.

But Rach had a little surprise for me to keep me awake!

Riding as part of Koiled Team for the first time with close friends/team members, Rach, TR and Shannon the support right across the 24hours was fantastic from the team members but also in the pit with Jimmy and Matt.

So after a time of 23:19: 05 on the bike I completed 20 laps and broke the 300k barrier finished 13th in my Category (30-39) and 24th Overall in Solo, what does this equal to?

One happy rider/racer...

Kellevie 24hr

Well after making plans to fly home to see family, I though to myself... What MTB races maybe on while I am home in Tasmania ?

The answer to that question was the Kellevie 24hr challenge, in southern Tasmania.

http://www.kellevie24.com/

I thought about it for maybe a minute! Checked with Mum as this was who I was travelling to see, hey can I borrow a car? yep, mind if I go racing for the weekend? Yep no worries. :-)

So the decision was made to go racing..... and what makes this even better its in Tassie where I grew up.

With the Rohloff not making the trip and the help of a close friend Shannon from Black Sheep Imports I will be riding a normally geared bike for the first time in years at a race. So tomorrow will be spent getting use to this new experience.

The other great thing about this race is it = Qualification for the Worlds if! everything including the race plan goes well.

So I fly out next Friday Morning, put my bike together Friday afternoon and go for short ride close to home and get up early Saturday and drive to the race and as friend said tonight GO HARD!