Still.. at least I managed to salvage lateness from that situation! We got there at 5:!5 just as everyone else was heading off. Took us a while to work out where to be too but we managed to get away all good.I rode with a mate and his 9yo daughter (both riding my tandem). We steamed along pretty well I thought.
We stopped at all the stops and generally pedalled along under our own steam the whole way. Generally I was doing it very easy but my mate was working to punch the tandem along. In the last 20k we'd had enough so I teamed up with some other random and dragged him and about 20 others home in the low 40's so that was fun. I think the dust up was 3:03 or 32.7 or something average. That was just over twenty minutes longer than last year but still we had fun.
However... it all went bad from then! We went into that posh street nearby and bought breakfast with mates. It took them like an hour to do some tiny meals. So by then it was like 11:15 by the time we headed to the station. We got on the 12:03 at helensvale that was late. It stopped and so on... we got off at Bowen hills and did the last 10k home for 140k all up for the day. I think I got home at just before 3.
Next year I intend to have one last smashfest before my boy wants to do these events on the tandem with me.
Also, the wife has volunteered to pick me up which should give me time for a nap at home before lunch. 
Must remember to take the race number off before I ride to work in about 20 minutes.
