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The Fling has been Flung!

Wild Horizons / 17.11.2005

Riders were woken at dawn to sound of the bagpipes drifting across the light Highlands mist in the village of Bundanoon. This soon cleared to a warm but not too hot day. Good rains over recent months had ensured the Highlands looked their best - full creeks and lush paddocks.

Some 450 riders had elected to ride the full 102km course. This consisted of the 27km VAUDE Stage out from Bundanoon, through private property thence into the trails and singletrack of Penrose State Forest and eventually out to Wingello village. Then it was into the long Forests NSW Stage, 45km looping around and deep into the gullies of Wingello State Forest before a fast return to the village. With 72km complete, energy levels needed lifting to take on the final 29km of the Specialized Stage; open paddocks, water crossings, the challenge of The Gauntlet and the weirdness of the Yacht Club back to the finish at Bundanoon.

20 teams did the course as Flinging Threesomes, a relay format, with the balance of the field taking on the Half Fling which saw them riding the VAUDE Stage and the Specialized Stage for a total 55km race.

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