Well I had a great event but a crap race. Even before the race had started I had been outed as a 'dark horse', which was news to me.
Had excellent accomodation at Chateau du Kris on 1, where we could work on the bikes in comfort instead of in the rain. As noted earlier by Dr Eggs, cheese is not the best of pre race meals.
I was pleased with the weather for the start and hoped that the forecast 27 / 28 was going to be wrong. A short drive from the Chateau had us at Stromlo, where we set up and clowned around some. It was very cool having a pre race briefing with less than 20 people. I eyed off Grizzly Bellchambers and managed to hold his wheel................. for the entire warm up lap.
The track was soooo much fun at the start. Sliding through puddles in corners, slight rain, the observatory in the clouds and the sun even poked out a few times.
Didn't think I'd make the cutoff but didn't even have to worry about that at all. Some leg problems showed up nice and early and managed to put a 2 inch gash in the rear tyre on lap three. I stupidly decided to jog / walk the lap from Pork Barrel to transition. More than an hour later I finally got back and decided that was enough.
As usual heaps of riders stopped to offer help, thanks to all. Well done to RTE and Real Insurance. The atmosphere was super relaxed and it was great seeing so many people doing their first event.
HUGE thanks to Kris for putting us up for the night.