Iron Torathon!!

The Iron Torathon is back for 2024!!
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7th of December we will descend on the Dial Range to see how many laps of Iron Tor we can do in 24hrs to raise money to help fund the Penguin MTB Park redevelopment.
This year I am going to challenge myself to beat my previous best of 5.5 laps and try to get at least 7 laps in. That's around 84km and 2,800m of vert if I can do it. 😬

If anyone would be so kind to make a donation they can so below.👍
Streddaz Iron Torathon Challenge
 
Well, the Iron Torathon is done and dusted and I beat my PB of 5.5 laps and my goal of 7 laps, managing to rack up 8 in total.
As usual it wasn’t all smooth sailing. I headed out with a risky move of running the XC wheels for better climb and paid for that choice on the first lap by smacking a dislodged rock in the middle of the trail on the my first Iron Tor descent and flatted both tyres.😫
One sealed but the other didn’t so I carefully rolled/pushed back to the start and fitted my enduro wheels. (because I kind of knew this was going to happen)
After set off on my second lap and it started raining and the next two laps were in the rain. Changed my jersey for a clean, dry one at the beginning of my 4th lap. Legs weren’t feeling that great and I was wondering if I’d make it. Stopped in for a lunch break at the end of my 4th and had a good rest. Legs felt better on my fifth lap and didn’t really get any worse for the rest of my ride. Got into my 6th and 7th and was feeling reasonably good, then waited for the leaders to come in and rode my and their final lap together, and completed my 8th lap.
The two top riders did 10 laps each and both of them had recently completed the Tassie Gift bike packing race, so they were in fine form.
Andrew Klees completed his 10 laps on his Brother Cycles hard tail, that he rode the Tassie Gift on. He had fitted a 27.5 rear wheel to slacken the head angle, custom carbon fibre mudguards with integrated storage that he made himself and it runs a 14 speed Rohloff hub. Not the bike you would often see on the Tor.

So far we have raised over $2800, and donations are still open.😉
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