It's been a while...

Well, after a long absence, i'm back. Time to fill all my fans in on the ups and downs of the last month or so.

Firstly, the Insomnia 24 hour mountain bike race. Great fun.

My girlfriend and I were racing as a two person mixed team for this race, and we were hoping to do a little better than our efforts in the same event last year. Last year we managed 7 laps all up for about 122 km, and last in our category (but still a great result for Rishy, it was her first mountain bike event, her bike was only a month old, and her first night ride). this year, much better prepared, we managed to crank our 12 laps, over 210 km, and first in class!!! My 7 laps makes that event the most i have done in a single event, and i now know i can do those sort of kilometres, i am feeling more confident to be able to hit up the epic this year. Rishy rode well also, five very solid laps to make this her biggest event also. A very muddy affair, however, and the bikes needed a serious clean after each lap to keep running smoothly.

All up, it was a great event, and I'm very proud of my super teammate!! We will definitely be back in october for the 8 hour at this venue.

Training on track it would seem...