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Mon, 12 Sep 2005

Western Sydney MTB Club 12 Hour - 10:48
A whole bunch of us raced in the WSMTB 12 Hour race

Dave Morgan and I drove up to meet Mike Carden and Steve Hanley who had gone up earlier in the day to ride the course at Yarramundi. Warran Page arrived and we headed off for supplies and dinner. Jim Trail, Dave Sutton, Terry Eveston, Al Vogt, Garrett Mc Donald and Dave Edwards arrived just as our pizza hit the table. Al turned up with a nasty cough, I wondered if he would be able to get out of bed the next day, never mind ripping around on his bike. All food was quickly evaporated and to talk was about the expected rain the next day.
We woke Saturday morning to a bright sunny day. This is how the teams lined up (including Al):

Aadvark Towing

Jim Trail
Terry Eveston
Dave Sutton

Tilting at Windmills

Mike Carden
Warren Page
Allan Bontjer

Bunny Love Trousers

Al Vogt
Dave Edwards
Garrett Mc Donald

Heisted Vine

Steve Hanley
David Morgan

The Outlaws

David New
Tony Fathers
Terry McCann

Lots of fun not too much dust which was the hallmark of previous years. The major factor in this year’s race was racing in temperatures 20 degrees warmer than we Canberrans have been racing in. Steve had problems with cramping and Morgs was having a multitude of problem with his new bike, punctures and a broken chain amongst them. I also remember a bit of a crash while trying to adjust suspension. I wonder who that was.?
I amused myself each lap by counting the number of water bottles and pumps lying on the ground at the end of the straight after transition. All the fun bits were still there, with some extra bits to push lap times out by a few minutes. I tried to be consistent thinking that I had to pull out six laps for the day. I only managed five, as when I came back from my only night lap Warren was not there to meet me. I slipped back to the campsite to discover that all our the boys had independently and almost telepathically decided to pack up and head off before the mayhem of presentation and 1000 or more people trying to leave the site. Showers were had and bodies were scrubbed free of the days dirt. Beers and nuts and farts were broken out as we re-counted the tales of the day. Very enjoyable all around.

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