Mountains to Beach Day 3 - Ay-Up Dawn Raid

Well, I finally have internet access! Thanks Suse for keeping my blog updated... She does a more informative job than me!

We rose at 4am this morning and put on the Ay-Up lights for the Ay-Up Dawn Raid. The stage was 26km long and held in Buckenderra, where we'd spent the night before. No large brekky this morning, so it was an hour and a half time trial in the dark on little more than a piece of toast and an iron will. The trails were quite rutted and rough in places, but as the sun rose, it made it all worth it to see the colours dawn across the hills with the misty lake in the foreground... Magic... I won the female category of the stage in 1hour 26minutes ahead of second place by a minute and a half. Ay-Up team mate Andy Fellows won the men's division, showing everyone just why Ay-Ups are the best mountain bike lights on the market.

The lack of food put me in a slightly less than sociable mood immediately after the race, but we then had a 40km "cruise" stage which was a great opportunity to spin the legs out on our way to Cooma, where we have the afternoon off and are spending the night before the Verofit "Big Day Out" tomorrow... An 89km race stage followed by a 41km cruise stage which has us finishing in the beautiful coastal town of Bermigui.

Feeling good now... Food, rest and a bike clean and I'll be back into it again tomorrow. Currently in first place for female general classification, 13 minutes ahead of second place.

Peace out!
Megan

Mountains to Beach Day 2

Another successful day at the Mountains to Beach :)

Day 2 comprised of Stage 5/6 (The Osprey Hydraulics Mountain Traverse) a 80km race and again Megan took line honours to take out the Women's Solo Category in a time of 4 hours 33 minutes.

This puts her 11 minutes up overall. Nice!

Tomorrow (Day 3) is an early rise for the 26km Ay up Dawn Raid followed by a 40km Cruise to the town of Cooma

We'll keep you posted. Suse signing off

Mountains to Beach Day 1

Megan has no internet access today or tomorrow so has asked me to give you guys a wee little update. Here it is!

Megan took the day's honours by winning Stage 1 (The Hayes Mountain Run) & Stage 3 (The Maxxis Muster) in the Solo Women's category of the Mountains to Beach race in Australia. She beat off other competitors to take line honours in the Stage 1 time trail with a time of 48 minutes 6 seconds. Then later in the day she took another victory in the Stage 3 race with a time of 1 hour 35 minutes & 22 seconds. A combined time of 2 hours 23 minutes & 28 seconds. Yay!

She will give you a more detailed update in a couple of days when she has internet access.

Signing off. Suse :)