Met Nelson at Slumnervale... Traffic on Linwood Ave getting there was a shocker.
We headed up the Captain. I felt weak and useless. Either not recovered properly from Sunday's ride, or I was suffering from too much sugar during the day at work... Either way, I felt bad. Once above the switchbacks tho, everything gets a bit better until the trail heads up again near the end. We paused for a bit at the (crappy) gate to let an XC Yeti woman through, then got going to the top. We watched some lights coming down Greenwood from here.
Through Evans and onto Godley. Cleaned the first rocks but then was so wiped from that effort that I buggered up the next lot. Managed a bit better further up, still struggle street though, while Nelson powered off ahead. I'd totally lost him by the time I was up the top, tail wind pushing me a long. At the ridge, he was crouched down out of the wind. Brief stop here and the 3 Greenwood lights climbed up the 4wd towards us, then continued on down towards Livingston. We gave them a headstart then headed in. Nelson chased hard, but I just rode my own buggered pace. Once on the down, I was a bit better, swoopy swoopy fast through the lower descents. Past the 3 boys at the col and straight on up the climb, up and around. Nelson was waiting at the top, and we headed down the same triangle of paddock to the road, and over to the new Anaconda entrance. Brief break here.
Into the descent. Lots of sheepshit and the dirt still unused since I was through on Sunday, I reckoned. Bomb bomb bomb, then fast and airy through the original lower Anaconda. Then around and climbing again, stopping to watch the 3 followers descending, making lots of noise and 'aaaaah!'s as they swooped. They ended up following us up this walking track. I was starting to struggle more on this climb.
Then from Breeze, up the singletrack ever more. Struggle struggle struggle, then fun descent, then reeaally struggling on the final climb. Rain started to fall a little bit up top. We put jackets on and headed around. Good run down to Evans, me taking the high walking line at the end.
Then into Captain Thomas. Excellent downhill. Feeling sore, but enjoying the down. Blasty blasty, cleany cleany. The tree root at the start of the Cabbage Tree track nearly stopped me... then the final blast into the bottom of the valley was gooood. So glad to be done. I was aching all over.
An expeditious 17.15 km, with a quite thorough 713 m climbed.
We headed up the Captain. I felt weak and useless. Either not recovered properly from Sunday's ride, or I was suffering from too much sugar during the day at work... Either way, I felt bad. Once above the switchbacks tho, everything gets a bit better until the trail heads up again near the end. We paused for a bit at the (crappy) gate to let an XC Yeti woman through, then got going to the top. We watched some lights coming down Greenwood from here.
Through Evans and onto Godley. Cleaned the first rocks but then was so wiped from that effort that I buggered up the next lot. Managed a bit better further up, still struggle street though, while Nelson powered off ahead. I'd totally lost him by the time I was up the top, tail wind pushing me a long. At the ridge, he was crouched down out of the wind. Brief stop here and the 3 Greenwood lights climbed up the 4wd towards us, then continued on down towards Livingston. We gave them a headstart then headed in. Nelson chased hard, but I just rode my own buggered pace. Once on the down, I was a bit better, swoopy swoopy fast through the lower descents. Past the 3 boys at the col and straight on up the climb, up and around. Nelson was waiting at the top, and we headed down the same triangle of paddock to the road, and over to the new Anaconda entrance. Brief break here.
Into the descent. Lots of sheepshit and the dirt still unused since I was through on Sunday, I reckoned. Bomb bomb bomb, then fast and airy through the original lower Anaconda. Then around and climbing again, stopping to watch the 3 followers descending, making lots of noise and 'aaaaah!'s as they swooped. They ended up following us up this walking track. I was starting to struggle more on this climb.
Then from Breeze, up the singletrack ever more. Struggle struggle struggle, then fun descent, then reeaally struggling on the final climb. Rain started to fall a little bit up top. We put jackets on and headed around. Good run down to Evans, me taking the high walking line at the end.
Then into Captain Thomas. Excellent downhill. Feeling sore, but enjoying the down. Blasty blasty, cleany cleany. The tree root at the start of the Cabbage Tree track nearly stopped me... then the final blast into the bottom of the valley was gooood. So glad to be done. I was aching all over.
An expeditious 17.15 km, with a quite thorough 713 m climbed.
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