The Race

Hi all.

Well Saturday was another brilliant fine day in Fort William, the perfect day for a bike ride. We thought the heat might give us an advantage over the locals, some had to retire with heat stroke! There were a few pretty sharp riders in the race, 3 professional riders did the solo race completing 10 or 11 laps, we certainly noticed when they went past. A local team with a couple of guys from Off beat Bikes and their dad won the overall catergory. Nicki and I were pretty stoked with our effort to complete 8 laps (5 for me, 2 for Nicki and a bonus one thrown). The course was a challenge and neither of us got a clean lap in but we had a great time. With and hour and fifteen minutes left before the close off for the last lap Nicki came in thru the transition which mean not a lot of time for me to get around so we could do one last lap. Luckily I got around in 1 hour 14 minutes & 52 seconds, which was 5 minutes quicker than my previous fastest lap. Everyone near the finish was cheering and telling us how much time was left and Nicki was nearly hysterical when she saw me coming down the last hill with 20 seconds to spare. Fortunately I got around the last corner and managed to be the last one in to complete a lap before the bell sounded. The guys from No Fuss Events were as stoked as we were that we got back in time.

So its now Monday evening and we're in Edinburgh. Yesterday we farewelled the guys from Fort William who were great hosts and hopefully we'll see them in NZ soon, flying in by helicopter! Better go as the shop has put the shutters down.

Hope the snow has thawed in Invers! No such problem here, I reckon it hit 30 degrees on part of the race course.

Bye the now.

David