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A fast, dry and much improved Epic course was ridden by quite a few Bushrangers this year. As always the girls did very well with Na 2nd by only a few minutes in the Mega Epic, a 200km stage race that would melt anyones legs, and Jayne 2nd in the Merida Half Marathon..... Craig Storey put in a huge day on Sat coming in 2nd just behind Chris Jongewaard in the Mega Epic stage one, and had some bad luck in the 2nd stage on Sunday....heres Craigs report : Saturday saw the start of the Mega Epic. It was a great race with some of Australia's best riders including Criss Jongewaard, Tim Bennett and the Merida team and a couple of fastie's from the South Australian Institute of Sport. Saturday went really well and I felt I at least showed some of my potential. I haven't really ridden in anger since I started my training program about four weeks ago so I was interested to see how fast I was. I rarely get the opportunity to ride fast with a group. I beat the Merida guys and came in just behind Criss. Sunday was a mess with a broken chain and 3 flats! I was expecting an easy 2nd and wanted to give Criss a real race. I know I had heaps more endurance than the other guys but that's racing for ya! Naomi led out an all-star cast of three female riders in the female Mega Epic and finished second smiling all the way as usual! Jo Bennet was 1st with Meg Carrigan in third. There was some controversy though with the Marida guys giving a little more help than they should have. See Naomi's race report I'm staying out of it! Paul Hooper rode hard all the way on Saturday to a tough uphill finish. The body of a He-man doll and the heart of a horse saw him smash out a great time of 5.35 for day 2! Not far behind Justin Clarich (sorry if I spelt that wrong) in the Classic. Paul rode for 6.45 the day before though! Good on ya Mate! He never gives up! Big John on his 29'er was pretty cool after his race, I'm sure if he stopped running and playing in the water he'd be quite lethal in any category. Nice one John. Jayne came second in the fifty but still insists she's not racing seriously anymore. If she'd get off her bum and train she'd smash the ladies class. Common Jayne"you can do it". Andrew was looking pretty good after his fifty to. A great weekend of racing with controversy, tragedy and some fricking good racing |
