The Mont 24 wrap up

What a crack'n weekend of racing and laughs!
The trip up took in such high (and low) lights as The Holbrook Settler, the noisiest motel ever (so no sleep there) and the Coffee at Niagra Cafe in Gundagai (2x *%#'n strong coffee, off me chops was I).
Straight out to the track Friday with a coupla bonding practice laps with 5/6ths of the motley crew that was the 'Optical Illusion' (sans Chris H). The course was seriously the greatest enduro track ever (especially if you don't like the climbing bits of MTBing). At 18km's long our reasonably paced laps took around 55mins, ish. Lighly undulating, well routed, smooth pine forrest floor mostly but not much tech, unless travelling at top speeds.
Blah, blah, blah, Friday night pizza and beer with much bike/race verbal crapola flowing (love it!)
Rain overnight.
Arrival at the track on Saturday was met with a bit of dampness underfoot but a warm-up roll around revealled perfect track conditions.
Tim had a crack'n first lap (including run) and put us right up there and we never looked back. Great to see Malachi back on the fat tyres, let's hope to see more of his experience & smoooth lines on the dirt.
Bruce Dickey was solid and consistent as ever. Cam Wells and Chris Haydon both in great form.
Many laughs were had, many fast laps on an ideal course (the best ever enduro course in my opinion) and the result we were after, finishing a full 3 laps ahead of the competition.
We also would have finished 6th or 7th in open which is a fair effort for a team with an average age of 48. Blah, blah, blah.

I am in for next year.... no doubt at all.

Looking forward to the BMC 100k marathon at Woodend on the 19th April.

Keep peddling! (and breathing)