Backyamma 100km

Backyamma 100km

4th - Elite 100km - 3hrs: 44 mins

A bit of a late and quick post about this race.

Ed, JD and Jase have pretty well summed up this race in their respective blogs;

* http://edridesbikes.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/revisiting-the-rules-2012-back-yamma-bigfoot/
* http://pin-it-you-muppet.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/back-yamma-bigfoot-2012-event-report.html
* http://www.jasonenglish.com.au/2012-back-yamma-bigfoot-100

My race can quickly be summarized as;

* lots of pre-race smack talk
* an entertaining dinner with JD, Superfast chick, Robyn and Jason English - with Jase being disappointed at the choice of Thai until he realized the vast quantities of white rice he could consume
* a fast race start, but I soon had some seat post dramas and had to stop and tinker with it 3 times :(
* Ed bins it following a dodgy JD line
* drilled myself to get back onto the bunch
* Bellchambers taught me a few more swear words and sledges containing word sequences I never would have thought possible
* gave a few sledges to the group on catching them ... and then went straight to the front to help Jeremy Ross keep them honest
* Jeremy and I made sure no one could complain about negative racing :)
* English got the break around the 55km mark - goodbye!
* JD, Jeremy and I set about reducing the passengers - and soon we were down to just the 3 of us
* Deals were done, first children promised away and we were off to the final few kms
* I dropped the bike on a big drift on one of the last corners, and missed out on the sprint finish :(
* Average HR for the 3:44 was 166 bmp ... and I topped out at 191 bmp ... yeeaahhhh

Well done to Superfast Chick on winning the 50km chicks race, and RAKS Racing Robyn for coming in 2nd in the 25km chicks!