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Like all the other 4,000 punters I was queued on the inter-webs at 9.00am furiously hitting the refresh button to crash the AROC server.
By 9.30am I had a confirmation email.
By 11.30am I had found out we are now in a lottery system for entry to the Capital Punishment 100k.
While I'm not that upset, it hasn't cost me any time nor money yet, over on Rotorburn there are a number of people who have now taken two mornings off work to try and enter for this race and are out a bit of coin and I have to say I feel for them.

The other point that has started to rip my undies is the way in which race entries are creeping up. Coming from a road background I am used to races cost $30-$50 to enter for a 80-160k race. However over the past year I have noticed that entries into alot of the major marathon races have started to creep up. Basically it was $100 for 100k about a year ago but I think that Capital Punishment is setting the new benchmark at $130. Once one promoter moves the bar the rest will follow.

To the Weather......

The race for tomorrow has been cancelled by the promoter to save the tracks from being decimated by 500+ riders.
I called the promoter at about 11 a.m and got "Still on modified track, all good!"
After retreating to the garage for some erg machine action, then packing the car, I checked Rotorburn and the pin had been pulled.
Now I'm not mad at the promoter... in was a good call if the tracks are fragile due to rain. Just more annoyed at the rain.

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From SMH published under the heading "Bike Rage"

"Wear bright clothing. Leave MP3 players and mobile phones at home. Never ride more than two abreast. And never travel in packs of more than 20.

That's the basic message for cyclists riding in groups contained in new government guidelines aimed at reducing the increasing number of road injuries and deaths."

Bike rage? I wonder when we will look more carefully at road rage against bikes? When has 'bike rage' caused death or even real injury to car uses? Perhaps less laws and more driver training?

I hate summer....no really I do!

Today sucked. There's no other way to describe it.
Rode to work, when I got there found the lifts weren't working so couldn't go down and get my gear and have a shower before 8.00am I don't know about you but I hate being hot, sweaty and in riding gear. I can't think of anything worse, it just feels disgusting and is one of the reasons I don't do coffee shop rides I hate sitting around in riding kit. So I had to ring the wife to bring some spare gear to get changed into eventually.
Last night they cleaned the carpets at work. When I opened up this morning the carpets were still damp (can't open the windows, Boss thought it was funny when I mentioned suicide proofing the office) and the air conditioning had shut down. It smelt like wet dog, there is no better way t describe it then that.
I eventually got changed and had a shower by about 9.30 but the lifts still aren't working and air con is still down.
The temps in the office hovered around 32° all day, we ended up pulling the pin at 2.00pm and coming home. The intention was to ride but because of the heat it was just stupid. The temperature gauge on the car was reading 45° when we cracked it open.
I think this is the hottest is been since we moved over, I can remember the temps being a steady 40° then during the summer. Anyway enough ranting for today.
Received the front brake caliper in the post plus the bleed kits. Also got an email that the rest of kit I ordered should be here next Wednesday.
Tried doing my first UST conversion using a non-UST tire... not working at the moment. I think I will have to get the proper DT-Swiss kit to make it work. Just reading the instructions on the no-tubes site the beads are too loose and not sealing, so it's going to need more rim tape.