Did my first K2C with my wife. It was her first mountainbike race. We started in the last group with the "takkie and Toe clips brigade". Boy was that scary for me. We caught the group in front before we were off the tar.With the congestion on the first hill and all the people falling and not holding their line and then trying to squeeze past causing others to fall, I left her and waited for her at the top.It was scary to see all the guys going down hill fishtailing out of control. The adavantage for me was that I spent a lot of time testing my mechanical skills, they were better than I thought they were, one guy could not understand why you can't use 2 master links next to each other. It cost him 45 minutes, I solved the problem in 10 seconds. I also got a chance to work the hills hard and then wait half way up, check that she was ok and then push hard again.I also so the most beautiful scenery , something which we never appreciate when pushing hard. She finished strong and could have gone a lot harder had we know what to expect on the ride.The only negative was being told that there was no more goodie packs, not difficult to work out. 3500 entrants then 3500 goodie bags. It is not about the goodie bag , they should rather have no bags than leave people disappointed. Also we were told that the food was running out so we went back home and sorted ourselves out. Other wise it was a great day ,with lotsof smiling helpers at all the watering points. We will be back next year, I am just not starting at the back again.
