MTB race 3:50:00 [4] 38.73 km (5:56 / km) +1629m 4:54 / km
shoes: Merida Ninety Six
Bike rogaine on the same map and course as last night. Racing with Matt Corbs.
Wasn't looking forward to it as the trails last night looked crappy and hard for riding. But woke up and it was sunny, warm, and I was feeling good. Didn't have enough time to really work out a route so decided to ride up through the middle to get the controls down south that we skipped last night. It was much nicer riding than I thought it would be and no need to try and cut corners as when on foot so no mountains of blackberries to deal with. The controls were a lot easier to find in the day and plus I'd already been to most of them. The south end was really good for riding and I was getting pretty hot. Actually hoped that it would sprinkle a little so I could cool off. Then it started to rail and got windy with the temperature dropping instantly. We got to the drinks control at 69 then got a couple of closer controls before starting the big climb again. Was tough going but pushed and rode along. Pretty cold and wet at the top and then we froze on the descent! So cold and I didn't have anything warm. We picked up a few more controls in the middle but were struggling and both shaking so called it quits and headed back to HH for a quick feed before heading home for a hot shower.
Happy to do both rogaines and good practice with the maps.