Well I tried to keep on top of this but the time has gone by so quickly again...
Results from the last few months:
Otway Odyssey, Apollo Bay VIC - 3rd - very tough race, 100km grueling MTBing, 3000m climbing!
Flight Centre Karri Cup, Pemberton WA - 100km (ended up being 115km!) tough weekend, especially after the Otway. Took out the win:)
Karapoti Classic, NZ - weekend after! very tough... OK now 'm tired! Great weekend in NZ. Had 2 flats finished 4th
After 3 weeks of solid racing, I had a few weeks of taking it easy, well deserved I think
Two weeks ago we had our first Club race for Perth MTB club. A track out at Forsyth mill - fantastic location and single track. I had a win for the first race, for the first time in a few weeks I really enjoyed being on the bike again.
I am in a taper week this week, for the BMC 100km Classic this weekend, another trip (we have been home for 5 weeks now)
I am looking forward to another trip, I will keep you posted on my results :)
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Just ran out of time!
This has been a long time coming! and alot has happened since my last post....
Lets start with Christmas...
It was a busy time for us at the shop but we pulled through, managed to fit in some training and spend some time with our friends and family.
New Years allowed us to have a few days off work and spend some time down South, a camping spot south of Collie with our friends Jen and Paul. Camping was great, we managed to have a few drinks, get some great riding in and of course a bit of R & R.
After the festive season it was time to knuckle down and get some training in for the up coming National Champs.
I had been focusing on the shorter racing for a few months now, I was enjoying it, but honestly speaking I have had so many years of long distance training and racing, that I was coming to realise my body and mind actually enjoyed the endurance events more. This was in the back of my head going into the race. We arrived a few days early and had a chance to look around Canberra and do a few pre race laps. On the Friday before our race on Sunday, we did the Club champs. Our team Perth MTB finished 3rd, it was great to get in a race pace lap practice before our race.
I finished 10th in Elite women category though didn't feel I had a great race. Throughout the event I couldn't get into the race. I think it was just one of those days...
I couldn't fault my equipment though, the Merida 96 dually was amazing, such a great ride.
After the race we all went out for dinner as a team and it was great to catch up on everyone's race report, we all had our individual goals- some of us achieved them and others would have liked to improve. It was great to see no technical problems and we all finished!
National round #4 Mt Buller
I was a little down after my last race at Nationals, I flew to Vic on Monday and stayed with team mate James and his partner Rowena and their little man Quentin.
Ro and I took advantage of some time off and headed up to Mt Buller on Wednesday for some extra training and time away. We had a little house at the bottom of the hill, which was fantastic, very quietly nestled amongst the trees.
I had the chance to do 3 laps of the course before the race, and loved the track. It makes a huge difference going into a race when you actually enjoy the course. ..This is why I love the sport so much.
I didn't get off to the greatest start, and entered the single track in about 10th position. Throughout the 4 laps I managed to ride back up to 6th position and only 3min 45 off the winners. I raced better than last weekend and enjoyed it 100 time more!
On Sunday Paul, James Nick and I rode up the 17km Climb to the top of Mt Buller, it was great to stretch out the legs after a good race... once at the top we watched the elite mens short track and found a 30min single track desent all the way back to our accomodation!
Next on the cards is the Otway Odyssey - 100km MTB race
I will keep you updated on my results..hopefully not as long as this one took me!
:)
Lets start with Christmas...
It was a busy time for us at the shop but we pulled through, managed to fit in some training and spend some time with our friends and family.
New Years allowed us to have a few days off work and spend some time down South, a camping spot south of Collie with our friends Jen and Paul. Camping was great, we managed to have a few drinks, get some great riding in and of course a bit of R & R.
After the festive season it was time to knuckle down and get some training in for the up coming National Champs.
I had been focusing on the shorter racing for a few months now, I was enjoying it, but honestly speaking I have had so many years of long distance training and racing, that I was coming to realise my body and mind actually enjoyed the endurance events more. This was in the back of my head going into the race. We arrived a few days early and had a chance to look around Canberra and do a few pre race laps. On the Friday before our race on Sunday, we did the Club champs. Our team Perth MTB finished 3rd, it was great to get in a race pace lap practice before our race.
I finished 10th in Elite women category though didn't feel I had a great race. Throughout the event I couldn't get into the race. I think it was just one of those days...
I couldn't fault my equipment though, the Merida 96 dually was amazing, such a great ride.
After the race we all went out for dinner as a team and it was great to catch up on everyone's race report, we all had our individual goals- some of us achieved them and others would have liked to improve. It was great to see no technical problems and we all finished!
National round #4 Mt Buller
I was a little down after my last race at Nationals, I flew to Vic on Monday and stayed with team mate James and his partner Rowena and their little man Quentin.
Ro and I took advantage of some time off and headed up to Mt Buller on Wednesday for some extra training and time away. We had a little house at the bottom of the hill, which was fantastic, very quietly nestled amongst the trees.
I had the chance to do 3 laps of the course before the race, and loved the track. It makes a huge difference going into a race when you actually enjoy the course. ..This is why I love the sport so much.
I didn't get off to the greatest start, and entered the single track in about 10th position. Throughout the 4 laps I managed to ride back up to 6th position and only 3min 45 off the winners. I raced better than last weekend and enjoyed it 100 time more!
On Sunday Paul, James Nick and I rode up the 17km Climb to the top of Mt Buller, it was great to stretch out the legs after a good race... once at the top we watched the elite mens short track and found a 30min single track desent all the way back to our accomodation!
Next on the cards is the Otway Odyssey - 100km MTB race
I will keep you updated on my results..hopefully not as long as this one took me!
:)
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