Kathmandu Adventure (Bris)
WildHorse revisited
John, Team Hopeless Joke / 10.04.2007
Pre - race Living in Central West NSW and being a keen Adventure Racer takes some planning and preparation. Knowing that the Sunshine Coast race is always on the third weekend of March (so far anyway) I was able to plan my families annual holiday in Qld around the race weekend.
This was the 3rd time that the Hopeless Jokes had competed in the Wild Horse race so we had a pretty good knowledge of what to expect. We knew that it was likely to be hot and that navigation would be the key. After a moderately successful nights sleep on my sisters couch my team mate Paul picked me up at 5.45am from Brisvegas. The mood in the car was really relaxed and our negotiated goals for the day were to i) have a good day and ii) not muck up the navigation.
We had our usual pit stop at the servo opposite Wild Horse Mountain and judging by the amount of lycra in the male toilets I knew we were in the right place. I think all four of us in the male toilets wearing bright coloured lycra felt a little uneasy at the time with each of us making a hasty exit!
After getting a great park in the shade and away from the long grass we unpacked, registered and picked up our map. The “Purple� course it was for us and after some careful map reading and team negotiations we went with out tried and tested plan of Paul navigating the run and me navigating on the bike. Having had half a Power Bar each we counted out our Gu’s packed another couple of Power Bars and went to briefing ready to race.
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