hi all, i have to say for a first long race it was brill, while at the same time a bloody killer!! Great to meet disco stan and daz, and there were a couple of others, cant recall their names (sorry) and of course nice to have a quick chat with the usual others (stolly, Man from delmonte Ady, southern)
. I actually enjoyed geronimo this time, although did some great arse sliding. Second to last ascent i started panicking, my legs were shot and all i could think about was how the hell am i going to do the last ascent. On the way to the last ascent a girl behind me went down with a thud, i just checked she was ok (which she was although a slight limp), not long after she was running next to me pushing me on at the foot of the ascent. managed it and i was sooooo pleased to see the trig. Even better was the few jelly babies i grabbed (cheers to the dudes at checkpoint 10).
From checkpoint 11 back to the finish, my legs were shot, i had no more acceleration in me, just a steady pace. Then a certain pink flashed passed me along with a bare topped Daz, there was no race left in me guys
Must say, the social aspect to this race was briliant, everyone pushing everyone on, telling everyone well done. I will be there again next year, hopefully sub four hour. Cheers organisers, my t -shirt will have pride of place
Oh and thanks to Emmie for the life giving cake at the end
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