Due to a confluence of cycling and accommodation, I won't be getting to Bright until around 3am for a 4am start. We have a big weekend. Endurogirl is racing at Wangaratta on Saturday evening, we're packing up going back to the motel to try to sleep. I'm leaving for Bright at 2am for a 4am start in the ACE, while Endurogirl is getting up early for a hard warmup before riding the Criterium in Wang. Alas, when she finished, she will be sans car. So she'll take plan B - ride to Bright. Between us, we'll cover a few k's this weekend.
The upshot of this is that I'm busy planning my food/clothes/lights/gears and all that other little stuff 2 days out. Sandwiches, sports drinks, all the crap I can fit in my pockets. Trying to judge the right colour for bananas today so they'll be just right after two days in the car and back pocket at 35°C. While still making contingency plans for the weather forecast to change from blowtorch to blizzard between now and then. Then there's the serious question of what to wear, "Does my bum look big in this?".
The weather forecast looks bad. At this stage it's touch and go as to whether the Alpine will even start. It could easily be a scorcher or even a cata(tonic)clysmic fire danger day which would can the whole event.
I've had yet another crap preparation with a crook back for the last 5 weeks and limited riding. My real issue is just getting my brain to the start line. I know that what ever happens, it's going to really hurt. Foolishly I'll embrace that hurt and make it hurt more. I keep imagining Tawonga Gap after 220km with the heat blasting off that rock wall, clawing my way up that road by will alone.
Hey - this is gonna be fun :)
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1 comments:
Good luck... tough ride but what a buzz at the end.
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