Scott 24hr 2009

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ming

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Finally a few minutes to post a message.

I did a solo for the first time this year. Being a newby, and with a race plan of a midnight to dawn sleep, I camped in the solo area away from the transition area. The downside of this was that I didn't want to go back to the tent between laps.
My lovely and fantastic support person took a bag down to the start straight and found a space beside Trudy Nicholas' team. This was a great piece of luck, as they were fantastic, providing lots of useful advice and even cleaning & lubing my bike for me!

I had a great time. One crash on my 6th lap was a bit of a downer, necessitating 2-3 hours more rest than I was anticipating for some recovery.
I had to laugh though - over the bars into the rocks, bike lands on top of me, someone behind calls out "are you OK", then is gone before I actually move. I guess I didn't scream or groan too much!

Interestingly, I didn't have much of a problem with congestion on the track. Perhaps knowing the track helped a bit. Also being confident, competent and not in a huge hurry helped a lot. 9 fun runs down Double Dissolution! woo hoo!

Only two regrets:
Stopping for a proper rest before lap 6 may have avoided a silly crash.
In the post race pack-up didn't get back to thank Trudy's crew.

Michael
 
pi11wizard

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goodbeard said:
I suppose you missed our kangaroo on tricycle on the 'evil' climb back to homeview. .
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In my semi-delerious state, that roo scared the shite out of me on more than one occasion.

my addled mind kept going. "Hey, there is a roo, and it is on a bike, and it is wearing clothes, wtf???"

Way to mess with my head :D
 
leftieant

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dangersean said:
Batman and his mate Evil knevil rode out with my mates in pink capes at that time.. Batman is here on RB know as drew peacock ;-)
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Oh yeah, saw Mr Knevil just before he went out for his lap. Guessing that silver spacesuit would have got quite warm on the climb? Probably should have come fitted with a tap at the ankle cuffs to drain off all the sweat!
 
DaGonz

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Le Matelot said:
The Koala drinking ones are not. I had them emailed to me and I think they're from Eagle Park in SA around early 2009. The rest are mine.
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Does anyone else find Russ's ability to recall individual photos from the mass he's collected over the years a little disturbing? :)

Cheers
Gonz
 
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DaGonz said:
Does anyone else find Russ's ability to recall individual photos from the mass he's collected over the years a little disturbing? :)
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The phrase 'get a life' comes to mind, but, thanks to Steve Jobs and his mates, iPhoto, Aperture, Google's Picasaweb and a few TB of external HD space, its actually not all that difficult.
 
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Le Matelot said:
The phrase 'get a life' comes to mind, but, thanks to Steve Jobs and his mates, iPhoto, Aperture, Google's Picasaweb and a few TB of external HD space, its actually not all that difficult.
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Please continue normal programming.

My mates still jabber excitedly about the Emily Batty pics you provided for us a while back.
 
Neon

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i was a little dissapointed to everyone who didnt take our little makeshift jump near the end. that includes batman too.

but there was one guy who insisted on launching it about 5 metres and completely missing the whole rock garden every lap, which made for a bit of fun spectating.
 
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