Rev 40km, 2011

My one road race of the year is done and dusted. The Rev 40km is part of the Rev Cycle Festival held in Hamilton once a year. I didn't have the chops or the bike to take part in the 120km race, so signed up to do the 40km again.

Last year's Rev 40km was my first go at riding at an event (some call it racing) on a fixie. I survived it and had soon pledged to do it all again this year. My usual partners in crime (let's face it, rolling up to a road race on a fixed gear cyclocross bike wearing mountain biking shoes breaks quite a few of the rules), Megan and Michelle had signed up too, but then Michelle ended up being a late scratching (get well soon). So 3M's became two and we departed from home and rode down to the race village. We arrived in time to see the start of the Solo120 race, and then another start, and another start, as they were sent off in waves.

Summer N-Duros 2011

I've done two out of the three N-Duro races on offer this summer and I reckon that will be it. There are two reasons for this: 1. I want to do some other rides; 2. I've run out of N-Duro Money. Riding in a minority class throughout the N-Duro Winter MTB Series netted me three $50 vouchers to use with N-Duro Events. Actually, I'm pretty sure I entered the first winter race using a voucher won during the previous summer series! I've done pretty well out of the N-Duro series that's for sure. Unless we're talking about performance and results.

The 25k short course was more than enough trail for me to bite off and chew on. I had wanted to try the long courses, but so much extra climbing (compared to the 25km course) meant I would run out of legs far too early and be reduced to wobbling to the finish. That goes against the mantra of: have more fun. I wanted to enjoy myself.