Busselton

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

We've slowed down the pace a little and after a morning packing up our Hamelin Bay holiday house we've now moved ourselves 90 or so kms north to Matt's parent's holiday house in Busselton. A beachfront house, comfy couches and a washing machine turned out to be just what the doctor ordered. In fact the treatment was so effective I even felt like going for a fun cycle along the bike path in the afternoon. Sweet as.  

Actually that reminds me of something that made me laugh yesterday .. I'd just reached the last 5k of the race, which turned out to be the most technical of the whole 4 days,  and not only that, if you fell you landed on rocks, rather than the soft dirt and sand of most of the other single trail  sections.  Anyway - when I reached the start of this single trail I had a few people in front of me (well I actually had about 500 people in front of me, but about 3 people directly in front of me, and a few close behind).  One by one the people in front crashed out, and I at regular intervals heard braking behind me, and then people yelling 'slowing!.. stopping!' as they were stopped by whoever had stacked in front of them. . until I had no-one directly in front of me and there seemed to be only one guy left behind me.  I could tell he was quite close, so I yelled out 'DO YOU WANT TO PASS?' and he said.. 'IMUPPYUZ!'  and so I said 'DO YOU WANT TO PASS - YOU CAN DO IT HERE ON THE RIGHT..' and he said again 'I'M HUPPY AZ!'  and that was when I realised he was one of the guys from New Zealand. No wonder I couldn't understand him! As it happens I'm glad he didn't pass cos by the time I reached the end of the section he was no-where to be heard so he either stacked or I somehow dropped him.

Anyway - here is a photo from the end of the bike track - miraculously my legs easily took me about 26k! I'm also huppy az.