The only problem was that at pretty much every corner I had people yelling go faster...so you go faster, but eventually you find that all your fast has gone...

Astoria Paranoia wrote: Anyone touch your ass?

yes but id prefer to call it lower back

Did you check your back pockets?
They might of been after something

Astoria Paranoia wrote: Did you check your back pockets?
They might of been after something

Great pics, Arseholia Pavlovia

JUANGEAR wrote: The only problem was that at pretty much every corner I had people yelling go faster...so you go faster, but eventually you find that all your fast has gone...

But only after you had pedaled the fastest lap of the day. 18 minutes round there is maddness!!!!

Nice work Dayle

XCrider wrote: and who could forget the awsome spectating supporters, they were fantastic lots of noise is good noise

I really wish I'd remembered to bring my megaphone

I'm just about to start putting up photos here: http://www.vorb.org.nz/photos-album-2660.html

I only got photos from the morning - too busy abusing supporting racers in the afternoon.

Slim wrote:

JUANGEAR wrote: The only problem was that at pretty much every corner I had people yelling go faster...so you go faster, but eventually you find that all your fast has gone...

But only after you had pedaled the fastest lap of the day. 18 minutes round there is maddness!!!!

Nice work Dayle

Awesome result too Dayle, all your hard work has paid off with an awesome season so far.

Well.

We left the course just after 8 (we found a bit that hadn't been demarked when we were just about to leave), then after signing off with the farmer and collecting all the road signs it was about 9 when we arrived at Waipara to pick up our children. My lovely sister had some dinner for us, so we took a few minutes break to eat that then continued the slow trip home to Halswell and arrived about 11 pm. While we unpacked I tried to connect to the internet so I could say I wouldn't be getting the results up that evening, but I couldn't get on to post. Fell in to bed about 1 am. Rang paradise this morning to find our account was frozen because the bill hadn't been paid - the joys of moving!

But I'm here now. And feeling slightly less exhausted but could still sleep for a few more hours I reckon.

So, I'll get the results out ASAP, but first I'll have some breakfast

Stay tuned.

Results for the morning race (Senior, U17, U15, Masters 1, Masters 2, Masters 3)

Right, I'll have a shower now, then I'll work on the afternoon results (though my children are complaining about me being busy...)

Okay, here are the results for the afternoon race - Elite, U19 and U23 categories.

Just means you get to take two minutes off your time (for the later start time)!

I'll fix the results up.

Count_Stylie wrote: WooHoo.....I just got younger......I must of filled the entry out wrong.
I'm Master2 not Master1.......but then again, why would I want to admit that I was over 40?

you must really be in denial - I said to you in the start grid 'if you're under 40 you need to be in that wave' - so you started with the young(er) guns too!

Hmmm, is that true? Did you start in the Masters 2 wave Stylie?

I got to race! After designing and building the course and organising races on it for a few years now I had only riden around it a few times and had never had the opportunity to race on it. But with heaps of good helpers this year I was able to and loved it. The last lap hurt but I REALLY enjoyed the first three. I can see why people rave about it cos it's very cool to race on. It's quite different racing it than just crusing around - the laps seemed way shorter to me than they ever have before. Thanks for all those great helpers who pitched in to free me up to race in the morning - I really appreciate it