I did the 38km and had a real hard time. It took me over 4 1/2 hours to complete where I normally do it in just under 2 hours. I had to replace both my front and rear disc pads. Complete worn away to the metal. The mud was bad and I think is was worse for us back markers due to everyone that was ahead of us really making the mud worse. The last 6 kms by the river was the worst took me over an hour to complete, had to stop every couple of meters to clear the mud from the bike. Also nearly got lost due to no route markers, just after we turned off the tar road. Glad it is over will do it again only if there is no mud. I also found that this event was poorly organised for the price that we had to pay. There was also a 14 year old who broke his rear derailer and has to pust his bike for the last couple of km to the finish. No medals and for the price of the event.
