Blayney to Bathurst - Prerace

Strep throat this week, so have tried to get better and well rested for Sunday. In general I feel ok. I'm racing on a old bike due to my race bike snapping - so i'll be 2-3kgs heavier which won't help that much over the hilly terrain.

None the less, i look forward to 110km of pain. I'm treating this as a training ride first and race second. Not going to do any silly breakaways or the like, just want to sit in and stay with the lead guys. I'm racing off scratch, so the pace will be smoking from the start.

The terrain is rolling, so i should have enough juice in the tank to get over the climbs with the lead guys and then just sit in and recover on the flats - the finish is up Mt Panorama, which i've been told has some steep ramps ~ 10%.

Can't wait to get those legs pumping!