Tales of the 'ANGRY GINGER'

Bringing home the BACON!

Today was the 2^nd round of the Interwinter XC series which was held at a course just out past the meat factory in Castlemaine. The event was called the “Casing the Bacon, XC Race” and for a pretty amusing twist they had a guy in a pig costume that got a head start on us all so we were actually chasing the bacon. It was for a good cause as the guy was raising money for a charity.

So in short I took the win to make it 2 from 2 for the Interwinter. My prize along with a great bottle of Vaughan Springs Vineyard Shirtaz was literally 2 packs of Bacon. Yep see this link http://www.flickr.com/photos/benbailey/5945184707/in/photostream Josephine has pointed out to me that today I quite literally “brought home the bacon” Too funny. So for those that done know the irony in all of this, I am Vegetarian. Again way too funny.

So how did the race unfold. Well having put in a massive week of training I was interested to see what my legs would do. On my practice laps (yes 2 of them) with Ryan Hawson I felt pretty good so decided and announce to Ryan that I would pretty much smack it form the start. LEGS DECIDED OTHERWISE. I went for it but pretty soon realised that at full effort I just didn't have the strength today. Right better come up with a new plan. Hmmm do I have the distance. So I basically just rode at tempo swapping off the lead with Brendan Adair for the first 3 laps until eventually with a bit over 2 laps to go I decided it was time to test the legs again. What do you know, they responded.

It was a great race track and a really well run event so well done to the Rocky Riders. Thanks to all the riders for their support out there. Totally enjoyed my day.

So here are some before and after shots of the bike. Needless to say

posted by Rohin Adams @ 7:32 PM