Oh the Sunshine Coast. Such incredible riding. Finally a day that felt like a true mountain bike race. Lots of singletrack and minimal dusty roads. Our race started at 8AM (a bit better than the 4AM wake-up call the day before) but it was still an early morning. (Did I mention that this was my 2 year wedding anniversary. My wife was happy to have been given a 7 day trip across British Columbia--I can see it in her eyes every time she loaded our suitcases into car). The weather was great. A bit overcast and cool. So we set out across town on our way to the trails. During a very high speed descent there was a pretty bad crash (on the pavement no less), but luckily no one was badly hurt. Once on the trails we had a very fun day in and out of the singletrack. There were lots of wooden bridges--some very wide--some very narrow. I would guess that we rode about 50% of them. I think the week has slowly been taking its toll. We were tired and made some silly mistakes in the woods. These trails would have been incredible to ride "fresh." There was lots of climbing--mostly in the woods--which was more interesting and challenging than riding up dusty roads. The last 9k was all down hill and we screamed down the trails to the finish. The finish was at another ferry terminal and we boarded our final ferry of the race. We relaxed on the boat and made out way to the mainland where we would finish up the last two days of the race.
2 comments:
Sounds exhausting, but the two of you can persevere - keep up the good work!
Froozen muscles? That's just nuts, but hey, whatever works. As Jane said, keep on keeping on, you've made it this far so make a strong finish.
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