kona 24hr

26/11 Easy session tonight just to keep things ticking over
2 x 20 Deck Squats
3 x 15es explosive step-ups
3 x 15ES @ 12kg Balance board swings
3 x 5ES Balance board lunges (alternating)
3 x 10ES @ 12kg Balance board squats

28/11 Kona 24hr
Started setting up my camp site yesterday, so I could get a good site in Pit Lane. Arrived at 9:40am to finish setting up & to be joined by Stan & Harry riding as a pair for their first 24hr ever & helping me out for the long ride.
At 12:00pm was sitting mid pack for an easy start & just rolled around the start loop & out onto the track. the track was in good condition considering the storm that came through the night before. Not to much to say early on as I was just trying to ride an easy tempo & just taking it as a long ride.
Then the rain's came down & the track turned to a bog in lots of places. It was good to see that they made some changes as sections of track were starting to get completely destroyed. But I just tried to keep to my tempo. At about 5pm Ryan from Baum passed me on his single speed & we proceeded to ride together or pass each other for the next 15hrs. Some sections he was faster & other sections I was faster.
At 8pm when we went to the new course & it was faster until the rain's came down again. Stan & Harry (Bicycles Inc) were in 6th place & enjoying themselves. At 2am they gave me my first cat update & I was leading by 1.5 laps. At 5am I'd extended it to 2.5 laps & so I took a break of 1:20hrs from the mud & went & had a nice warm shower & got into a nice clean dry kit. At 6am with the change to the Day2 track, it was out for a fun roll around some dryer trails, only to start riding with Ryan again. Lap 19 I caught Brad who was coming 3rd in elite & rode with him for my last to laps to keep him company. I ended up doing 21laps, 304km, 11 000cals, 4400m climbing carrying 5kg of mud. Good ride, lots of talking & thanks to Bicycle Inc, Giant, Stan & Harry & family for your help. Will I do the World's in Canberra I'm still thinking.