Cycling hills (Life Cycle Kalamunda Ct) 2:01:19 [3] 13.51 km (8:59 / km) +238m 8:15 / km
shoes: Giant Anthem 26 ex Wally
Up early for a Life Cycle offroad practice ride. My first go at MTBing on tricky tracks - managed to avoid them last year at the MTBO champs - that's the benefit of good maps! Set out with the slower group along green and blue routes from the Camel Farm to the Dell, up Mt Gungin and back down to the start. A quick squirt around a couple of single tracks early on (Flaccid Ashback and Gridlock, I think) was fun. Then near the Dell, turned up the Munda Biddi, Drago and Mother-in-Law to Gungin - some of that got very hard - fortunately I had to stop frequently to let other riders through and could catch my breath. After Gungin, down Goldilocks (scary) and Muffin Tops - started to get a bit confident as it flattened out and promptly had a stack. Tried face-planting a rocky bit of track but got away with no more than a dirty face - very lucky. Trundled back to the Farm and off to Kalamunda for an extended coffee session - it seems that mountain biking chicks can talk even more than the FROGs girls :-)
