Gonna try a race this weekend....Monkey Wrench!

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I'll try and get some photos or video up in the next coupla days......

Hot. Effin' smokin' hot. 40Celsius. I drank water til my stomach sloshed, then drank more. It worked, cuz I didn't cramp up or armpump, felt pretty good.

Got a good start, stayed way left on the starting hill and found some grass for traction. Tucked into the trail about midpack, instantly driving blind from the clouds of dust getting churned up. As a newbie at this, it was a little disconcerting.
Had to stop at the first tight uphill, with a bottleneck of about 20 riders all waiting to go up. With all the clutching, and not going anywhere in the 40C heat, when I finally hit the hill I had steam coming out of the overflow on the rad, so I pulled 'er off to the side and let er cool down. Lost a lot of positions and time, but whatever.
Rode crappy for the first 45 minutes, no excuses, blowing corners wide, just plain screwing up, couldnt find the groove. Then I started riding tight, found a rhythm, got past 4-5 people, finished the log sections clean at the end of the loop. Missed the cutoff time for a 2nd loop by 4 minutes, but I don't think my body had another 1.5 hours in me......
Bike ran great (besides the boilover, 1st time ever for that). The NEDW needle dropped to 2nd clip worked wicked, the power was hittin from bottom to top. Now I just gotta do my part and learn how to ride!!!!!
I'll do it again next year. Great event, 30th annual race, lots of donations made to the Children's Hospital, good showing on the podium by the local RezRiders from Lytton.