With the lyrics from the underworld circulating around my head, dawn had broken over the Inabaanya camp ground just on the outskirts of Majura pine forest in Canberra. I had already been awake for a little while; the police dog facility down the road clearly fed the dogs at 5am and the first set [...]
going on close to 12 o’clock, with a strong & cold breeze blowing, I head over to the blue lap side with over 100 other soloists to rack up for the start. This was to be my Third serious attempt at a solo 24hr in only my third year of racing (trust me, this [...]
As the feeling (and pain) gradually comes back to my fingers, I’m looking back at what was really a fantastic weekend of racing. So what was this years Australian 24hr Solo Championsips like? for the most part Funnn!!! Seriously for the first 12 hours I was having a ball, swooping through the [...]
…Dust was the theme ingredient for this years Australian 24hr Mountain bike championships it would seem, and more than 24 hours after finishing, I’m still coughing up or blowing out remnants of Kowen forest ;)
So, what was my first serious attempt at a solo 24hr like?
The pain: probably one of the most painful [...]
I seem to be making a habit of this, one week out from a major event with no bike, no lights, and no support crew. To top it all off, I really hadn’t done any targetted training, was coming off the back of a bit of the flu and had never done a 24hr solo [...]