Sunday 9th December my first MTB Race!
But before I get to that I will give you the low down on how I got to this point. I got my very first Mountain Bike on the 26th October 07, I didn't have too many plans to ride the thing, didn't want to knock back the generous offer of a shiny new Mountain Bike from a friend, so headed out to Lara to pick it up on the Friday after work, still dressed in my work clothes including 5 inch stilettos (for those clueless guys out there they are very high heels), all excited I attempted to ride my bike in my heels, not a good idea, so to try and redeem myself I decided to pack my bike in my car without looking like a hack, that didn't work either, realising I had way too much stuff in the boot I tried to get the front tyre off to fit it in the back seat, after struggling for a couple of minutes to figure out how to get the damn thing off I tried once again to redeem myself and go for the logical approach, just shove it in! Worked.
So Melbourne Cup Day comes along, I decide to give the day out Flemington a miss and take my bike for a ride, off to Lysterfield for me. That was all I needed to get me hooked, 5 weeks later I was on the start line of my first MTB race, not just any race but a State XC. Ok now for the race report, well it will be a short one, after what can only be desribed as a series of unfortunate events I ended up with a DNF, wont get into details but I certainly learnt some valuable lessons from my first race and will be better prepared for my next race, including getting one up on my competition by pre riding the track we will be racing on ( Thanks John Harvey from Bendigo MTB Club for allowing me to come out and ride on his property)I have also started a healthy eating plan and vigorous training regime, including doing the 1000 steps out at the Dandenongs, great lung buster for all you fitness fanatics out there, long distance road rides, a couple games of netball each week and the usual rides out at Lysterfield so looking to go into my next race with hopefully a good result.
Thanks to all the girls out at the Woodend race for all their advice and encouragement and thanks to everyone else I have met along the way. Thanks especially to Garry Morrow who was my official Pit Crew, Dietcian, Chauffeur, Photographer and most of all Mentor to me when was down on the whole thing in the car on the way home. I am looking forward to the next round which will be held in Bendigo on 13th Jan. www.mtbbendigo.com I will update you with the results, until then happy biking, be it Mountain Bike or otherwise and have a very Merry Christmas and safe New Year.
Kat
But before I get to that I will give you the low down on how I got to this point. I got my very first Mountain Bike on the 26th October 07, I didn't have too many plans to ride the thing, didn't want to knock back the generous offer of a shiny new Mountain Bike from a friend, so headed out to Lara to pick it up on the Friday after work, still dressed in my work clothes including 5 inch stilettos (for those clueless guys out there they are very high heels), all excited I attempted to ride my bike in my heels, not a good idea, so to try and redeem myself I decided to pack my bike in my car without looking like a hack, that didn't work either, realising I had way too much stuff in the boot I tried to get the front tyre off to fit it in the back seat, after struggling for a couple of minutes to figure out how to get the damn thing off I tried once again to redeem myself and go for the logical approach, just shove it in! Worked.
So Melbourne Cup Day comes along, I decide to give the day out Flemington a miss and take my bike for a ride, off to Lysterfield for me. That was all I needed to get me hooked, 5 weeks later I was on the start line of my first MTB race, not just any race but a State XC. Ok now for the race report, well it will be a short one, after what can only be desribed as a series of unfortunate events I ended up with a DNF, wont get into details but I certainly learnt some valuable lessons from my first race and will be better prepared for my next race, including getting one up on my competition by pre riding the track we will be racing on ( Thanks John Harvey from Bendigo MTB Club for allowing me to come out and ride on his property)I have also started a healthy eating plan and vigorous training regime, including doing the 1000 steps out at the Dandenongs, great lung buster for all you fitness fanatics out there, long distance road rides, a couple games of netball each week and the usual rides out at Lysterfield so looking to go into my next race with hopefully a good result.
Thanks to all the girls out at the Woodend race for all their advice and encouragement and thanks to everyone else I have met along the way. Thanks especially to Garry Morrow who was my official Pit Crew, Dietcian, Chauffeur, Photographer and most of all Mentor to me when was down on the whole thing in the car on the way home. I am looking forward to the next round which will be held in Bendigo on 13th Jan. www.mtbbendigo.com I will update you with the results, until then happy biking, be it Mountain Bike or otherwise and have a very Merry Christmas and safe New Year.
Kat
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