Comments | fete_pindon: You Yangs Yowie, Saturday 3rd October.

fete_pindon

You Yangs Yowie, Saturday 3rd October.

Oct 06, 2009 10:32

So 'twas off to the You Yangs on Saturday last to pound my bike around the lovely national park thereabouts in the 33km Yowie (mountain bike marathon) run by the Geelong Mountain Bike Club. Four of us entered and headed down there en masse, but three of us were significantly harder than me and entered the 66km version. But all were too scared to ( Read more... )

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saturdays_boy October 6 2009, 20:17:42 UTC

that sounds like a fxlnt ride.

fete_pindon October 7 2009, 01:23:31 UTC

It was EPIC. Really good fun! Looking forward to next years event already.

dvae October 7 2009, 20:48:05 UTC

Wow sounds amazing. Well done for dong it in such a great time.

I'm completely unfit now, but I used to believe there was no hill to steep to climb, as long as you didn't fall off backwards. It's not that I ever did hardcore offroad, just that in Sheffield there were some really steep slopes.

I guess the 66km is going to be alot harder. Good luck with that.

dvae

fete_pindon October 8 2009, 10:01:23 UTC

Cheers Dave, I was pretty happy with my time. Still buzzing off the ride now!

Aye, Sheffield's got its fair share of hills and no mistake. I remember slogging round it many a time back when Gill used to live there, and yer good self of course on the odd occasion we visited!

Yep, the 66km will be a bitch. But I have got a clear 12 months to prepare and get trained up for it, so if I can't do it I've only got my bone idle self to blame. Reckon I'll aim for about 4 hours for the 66km, it's an achievable target.