I did not race this year, but at the briefing last year they made a strong point about Female Elite riders obtaining pacing and other assistance from stronger male riders. It was something they were quite aware of given the amount of prizemoney on offer.
I wonder how many GU wrappers you would find if you had to get all your GUs stamped with your race number at rego and were docked 10 minutes for every one of your wrappers found on the track after the race? ;)
Mine has lasted the duration of every 100km MTB race I've done - don't need anymore than that. I reckon it's probably good for 8hrs.
Has anyone found any decent software for the Edge 305. Coming off a Polar 720, I find the Garmin software to be pretty carp for training purposes. The Polar...
Is there any information posted regarding the course for the 50km and 100km next Saturday? Is it technical or mostly roads? Long climbs, short climbs? A map? Cheers.
Yes, great effort Stu and the crew. Personally, I had a Barry Crocker but a nice track and good racing seemed to be had by all. I made sure the First Aid doods got to use their stuff.
Sounds good. I reckon you'll want nice long laps given the number of categories that will be out racing at the same time.
Any previews on what's on offer?
The Thredbo XC course is largely a manmade walking track. Compacted clay/earth with stairs on the descents. Fortunately the ascents are not stairs but a mixture of 4WD access trails and, grassy sections and flatter walking trails. Probably the best thing you can do is practice going real fast...
Gonz, that is an amazing effort. Congratulations, you must be very pleased. How long were your training rides. I recall being so glad to get to transition at the end of the Wingello loop; I couldn't imagine doing it twice. That was a very tough 3hrs.
I was surprised to see i was 2nd in...
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