Back at home after an epic drive back. What a great race! Fast and furious and so much fun!
A few changes to the course compared to last year but it certainly didn't affect the experience- if anything the track was even better.
Kudos to the organisers - the bbq and food post race was fantastic and the hot shower after the race was the best idea ever!
Only a couple re: areas for improvement.
* I thought not "re-doing" the women's open 100km presentation properly was the wrong move. For those not there, there was an error where women's open 4th place was awarded 3rd, women's open 3rd place was awarded 2nd and women's open 2nd place was awarded 1st (thus 1st place missed out altogether). Whilst I accept errors like this will happen (no-one verified the results beforehad?), once the error was recognised and fixed, I think the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place-getters should have been bought back up again for proper recognition.
* The distribution of prizes seemed pretty uneven.
- Prize for Open Mens 100km 3rd place was a Jet Black Fluid Trainer.
- Prize for Open Womens 100km 3rd place was a pair of *MENS* baggy cycle shorts (?!) and a 26" 2.4 All mountain tyre - huh? No Jet Black Fluid Trainer?
Why the organisers elected to give a female placegetter in a XC enduro race some baggy shorts is a bit strange. Giving a female MEN's shorts as a prize cries of ignorance. I really hope it wasn't a case of "what stuff do we have lying around that we can give away".