100 Mile Fling has been flung

Well, Huw & his crew again put on a world class mountain bike race!




Early Friday morning I drove to pick up Rhino, Marnie & my new best mate Herbie.


850kms later we stopped for food, sleep, shower & put the bikes to bed. They have a big weekend ahead.



Saturday morning we drove the last 300kms arriving at Bundanoon. This town is about 1 1/2 hours south of Sydney. It is a beautiful town know as "Australias first bottled water free town" Find out more about that www.bundyontap.com.au

We did the registration thing. We did the Ay Up, sell some lighting systems with a race day special thing. We ate, got most of our race stuff ready then racked out for the evening.

Sunday morning saw a perfect day for a roll around the forest. So here is a race report.

1. Lined up at the front with Rhino. The two Ay Up jerseys looked great.


2. Race is on. 30kms to the first check point & the start of Wingello State forest loop.
As I climbed a slow pinch, Mark Fenner (finished 2nd in the 100mile) climbed passed me. "Hey Mark you have a stick stuck in your derailleur". So I jumped off my bike, jogged beside him, pulled the stick out, gave him a little shove up the hill & jumped back on my bike.

"Hey Rhino, I feel nauseaus" Rhinos reply "Me too! I have already vomited once"

3. 54kms loop of awesome trails in the Wingello State forest. This is when my vomiting started. Quickly turning into dry retching because there wasnt anything left in my guts.

Hey! is that Troy Glennan Rockstar Racing tough guy wheel sucking off me? Sure is!!! Only the 100 mile dudes started 30 minutes before him hehehe... just dont tell anyone. shhhhh...



4. How cool is this, we get to do another awesome 54km loop of the forest! I had the best part of the forest to myself because the 100km riders had left the forest (most of them)

5. Theres Rhino at the last check point. "Hey dog! do you want to do the last 25kms together?" dog "fuck yeah!"

6. The last 25 kms Rhino & I hooted up, down, around corners, laughing, hooting & dry retching all the way home. I managed to reel & overtake two more 100 mile riders.

7. Jobs done. Australias only 100mile mtb race. Tick that box. Home in 8 1/2 hours & 9th place.

Craig Gordon took out first place for the second year in a row. ROCKSTAR!



I love road trips. Road trips with good people are simply as awesome as a well executed jaman attack

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Caffeine has been poisoning me

A couple of health issues have popped up recently. After an unrelated visit to a doctor, it was suggested that my maximum limit for coffees should be 2! "What!? do you need me to chop off a few fingers also?"

There is no way I would go from my excessive daily caffeine consumption to zero. I dont care how nice cold turkey is on a sandwich.

Heres the plan. Alarm 3am. Coffee number one. Get on bike. 2 hours+ later coffee number two. Thats it for the day!

I tuck into a few decaf coffees during the day. No other caffeine & guess what? My general day to day health is the best it has been in a long time!

2 weeks till we head to Cairns for XPD. I have kicked the caffeine addiction.

Until next time, Smash em

dog

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Weve Moved! Talented K9 Dog Training Has a New Blog!

I wanted to let everyone know that I will not be posting any more blog posts on this blog. I switched my website over to another host that supports Wordpress, so I am now blogging over there! New blog posts are already up!

I am also holding my first Contest for a chance to win a $25.00 Gift Certificate!

Head on over to Talented K9 Dog Training for more details and more posts!

I hope to see you over there!

-Amy
talentedk9dogtraining@gmail.com
www.TalentedK9DogTraining.com

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Everything I have ever done has lead me to this moment

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I recently watched the film 127 hours. In brief, it is a film about a free, adventurous and happy dude that got his arm jammed between a rock face and a large rock that dislodged. Trapping him. 127 hours later he came to the conclusions there was only one way out. So, he broke his forearm bones and cut his own arm off, escaping and was able to get help.

During his time stuck between a rock and a hard place one of the realisations he came to was this. 

Everything he had ever done in his life led him to the situation. The rock that had spent millions of years doing its rock thing had been waiting for him and that very moment.

Today is 2 years to the day that everything I had ever done led me to meeting the woman of my dreams.

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Kirstie. Thank you for taking such time & effort to put together such an amazing, wonderful & complete woman that you are today. I love the way you walk. I love the way you laugh. I love your smile. Passion, vision, support, dreams, strength, encouragement, sharing. All this & more we fit into one day. I am so looking forward to smashing out this moment, tomorrow & the rest of my life with you.

Until next time...dog

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