Anyone doing the Wombat 100 this weekend?
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Anyone doing the Wombat 100 this weekend?
Postby Bentnose » Wed Apr 10, 2013 9:24 am
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Re: Anyone doing the Wombat 100 this weekend?
Postby clackers » Thu Apr 11, 2013 11:02 pm
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Re: Anyone doing the Wombat 100 this weekend?
Postby Bentnose » Fri Apr 12, 2013 6:40 am
What other event did you do Clackers?
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Re: Anyone doing the Wombat 100 this weekend?
Postby trailgumby » Fri Apr 12, 2013 9:00 am
Some events deal with the congestion by putting a big nasty fire road climb into the first couple of kilometres to string people out, but more usually a traffic jam forms rapidly at the first entrance to singletrack, and then you might as well break out the Earl Grey and scones while you wait
If they are doing electronic timing, it could almost be worth waiting until 10 minutes after everybody else has gone. You then get to yell "Rider!" at everybody in front of you and feel very pro overtaking everyone . You should check with the event organisers to confirm how it will work.
50s are really good fun
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Re: Anyone doing the Wombat 100 this weekend?
Postby clackers » Fri Apr 12, 2013 4:07 pm
The Kona Odyssey at Forrest earlier this year. As Trail Gumby guessed, they started us up the long dirt road to Lake Elizabeth (a platypus wonderland, apparently) to spread everyone out.Bentnose wrote:
What other event did you do Clackers?
Everything was new to me, but everyone was great - shared pain and all of that!
31 degrees, quite a slog. Nicer day for us on Sunday, by the look of it.
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Re: Anyone doing the Wombat 100 this weekend?
Postby Bentnose » Sat Apr 13, 2013 12:02 pm
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Re: Anyone doing the Wombat 100 this weekend?
Postby trailgumby » Sat Apr 13, 2013 2:20 pm
If it's any consolation, you'll be a couple of kg lighter for the next event...
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Re: Anyone doing the Wombat 100 this weekend?
Postby Bentnose » Sat Apr 13, 2013 5:36 pm
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Re: Anyone doing the Wombat 100 this weekend?
Postby Mugglechops » Sun Apr 14, 2013 8:25 pm
It knocks you around. My resting HR was 122 for 2 days.
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Re: Anyone doing the Wombat 100 this weekend?
Postby clackers » Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:53 pm
I remembered this guy from Around The Bay. His schtick was the same ... according to him, we might have only been the 50k competitors, not 100, but at least we had personalities.
Overtaken constantly by the athletic riders later in the day, the first kiddie riders from the 18km event were suddenly also among us, and I found myself side by side with what must have been an eleven year old, both of us gunning for the finish line.
Could I let him finish ahead of me? How ugly it would have looked to the parents, me gritting my teeth in a sprint finish against their son.
I remembered the MC, and gallantry took over. No need for recognition, although if it does get remembered when awards are handed out next Australia Day, I won't be saying no.
A terrific day. Some trail bikers tried intimidation buzzing past on the roads still open to the public, the head honcho mocking with an impersonation of pedalling. I earlier had to restrain myself from approaching Jenny Fay for an autograph. If you haven't been to Wombat State Forest, Keiran Ryan describes it in his great book as:
A singletrack lover's delight! Up to 21 kilometres of tight turns and constant change of direction. Smatterings of short, sharp hills to attack out of the saddle but no real climbs to deal with [sic: the connecting dirt roads aren't flat]. Plenty of squeezing between trees with the gap not much wider than the handlebars if you don't line up the approach, just about the right amount of constructed obstacles and log jumps, most with a 'B' line option.
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Re: Anyone doing the Wombat 100 this weekend?
Postby Bentnose » Thu Apr 18, 2013 4:37 pm
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Re: Anyone doing the Wombat 100 this weekend?
Postby clackers » Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:58 am
Adrian Jackson looked really intimidated as he passed me - I'll get him next year, Bentnose.Bentnose wrote:Sounds good Clackers, I'd love to have been there, how long did it end up taking you?
4 hours, with 3 hours 40 minutes on the bike itself was enough to finish around 140 out of 170 in the 40-49 year old category, 450 out of 520 overall, on a cheap 26" hardtail.
I felt good at the end and could have kept going, whereas at the Kona Odyssey I struggled to even walk back to the car afterwards ... there was nothing left in the tank.
Didn't have a mountain bike this time last year ... so much fun, I wish I'd gotten into cycling about 20 years ago!
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Re: Anyone doing the Wombat 100 this weekend?
Postby Bentnose » Sat Apr 20, 2013 9:37 am
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Re: Anyone doing the Wombat 100 this weekend?
Postby trailgumby » Sat Apr 20, 2013 11:57 am
How true is that!clackers wrote:so much fun, I wish I'd gotten into cycling about 20 years ago!
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Re: Anyone doing the Wombat 100 this weekend?
Postby clackers » Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:48 am
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Re: Anyone doing the Wombat 100 this weekend?
Postby clackers » Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:46 am
Hence, she is beatable ... if she has a mechanical!
She came first in the National championships at the weekend but being Irish couldn't be given the trophy, proving that for the rest of the field, they really are just fighting it out for second place.
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