MTB RESULTS
Dec 2nd - Forrest Festival, GC - 1st
Dec 2nd - Forrest Festival, St 5 - 1st
Dec 1st - Forrest Festival, St 4 TT - 1st
Dec 1st - Forrest Festival, St 3 DH - 1st
Dec 1st - Forrest Festival, St 2 UH - 1st
Dec 1st - Forrest Festival, St 1 - 1st
Nov 25th - 12 Apostles, GC - 1st
Nov 25th - 12 Apostles, St 5 - 1st
Nov 24th - 12 Apostles, St 4 - 1st
Nov 24th - 12 Apostles, St 3 - 1st
Nov 23rd - 12 Apostles, St 2 XCC - 1st
Nov 23rd - 12 Apostles, St 1 - 1st
Nov 11th - Highland Fling, XCM Series Rnd 6 - 2nd
Nov 10th - Bundadoon Dash - 1st
Oct 28th - Bendigo Epic - 1st
Oct 13th - Scott 24hr - DNF
Sept 30th - Kowalski Classic - 1st
Sept 15th - Tour de Timor, GC - 1st
Sept 15th - Tour de Timor, St 6 - 1st
Sept 14th - Tour de Timor, St 5 - 1st
Sept 13th - Tour de Timor, St 4 - 1st
Sept 12th - Tour de Timor, St 3 - 2nd
Sept 11th - Tour de Timor, St 2 - 1st
Sept 10th - Tour de Timor, St 1 - 1st
July 22nd - Victorian Enduro Series, Rnd 6 - 2nd
June 10th - Australian Marathon Championships - 1st
May 5th - Forrest 6hr - 1st
Apr 22nd - Wombat 100, XCM Series Rnd 1 - 2nd
Apr 15th - Victorian XC Series, Rnd 4 - 2nd
Apr 1st - The DUAEL Pairs - 1st
Mar 24th - Victorian Enduro Series, Rnd 2 - 1st
Feb 26th - Australian XCC Championships - 4th
Feb 25th - Australian XC Championships - 12th
Feb 18th - Kona Odyssey - 1st
Feb 12th - All Mountain Cup GC, Rnd 3 - 6th
Feb 12th - All Mountain Cup P2P, Rnd 3 - 5th
Feb 11th - All Mountain Cup XC, Rnd 3 - 6th
Feb 10th - All Mountain Cup Super D, Rnd 3 - 5th
Jan 29th - Victorian XC Series, Rnd 3 - 2nd
Jan 22nd - All Mountain Cup GC, Rnd 2 - 5th
Jan 22nd - All Mountain Cup P2P, Rnd 2 - 6th
Jan 21st - All Mountain Cup XC, Rnd 2 - 5th
an 20th - All Mountain Cup Super D, Rnd 2 - 9th
Jan 15th - Victorian XC Series, Rnd 2 - DNF
ROAD RESULTS
Oct 7th - SA Kermesse Championships - 3rd
Oct 6th - Mount Gambier 100mile - Fastest Female
Aug 26th - San Miranda Handicap - 1st Female
Aug 25th - San Miranda Road Race - 3rd
Aug 12th - Rob Vernon Memorial Handicap - 1st Overall
May 27th - Victorian Country Road Championships - 1st
Jan 7th - Australian Road Race Championships - 16th
Jan 5th - Australian Criterium Championships - 5th
Jan 4th - Jayco Bay Classic, GC - 15th
Jan 4th - Jayco Bay Classic, Stage 4 - DNF
Jan 3rd - Jayco Bay Classic, Stage 3 - DNF
Jan 2nd - Jayco Bay Classic, Stage 2 - DNF
Jan 1st - Jayco Bay Classic, Stage 1 - 7th
We were blessed with milk, despite it being hot. We were blessed with bread, despite it being sweet. Finally we were blessed with juice, despite it tasting like weak cordial. To lift our spirits we ventured down the street for some shopping therapy!.. at the supermarket. I spent less than $6AU on bottled water, coke, muffins, skittles and Kit Kat. Not bad hey? What we did notice was the potential for some cheap buys later in the day. After building our bikes we made our way out of the storage basement heading toward our first experience on the roads of Chongming. Excitement quickly turned to nerves, which were then followed by laughter as we dodged the few cars that existed and the many cyclists. It seems that red lights and pedestrian crossings are just for show! Rickshaws seem to have right of way and a tooting horn simply means 'caution'. Organised chaos if you wish to call it so..
Lunch seemed to be leftovers from breakfast and later that day we were presented with what we didn't eat for dinner. While many occurrences during our first shopping stint that afternoon were memorable, the little boy standing with his pants down in the middle of the path would be the highlight. Only because Kate thought him to be cute before realising she was standing in the result of his doings!
After staying hydrated on the plane the first stop for us was downstairs to the female toilets. We could understand why the waterway we were travelling had been named the most polluted in the world when finding that the female toilets were actually urinals that led to the river beneath! Back upstairs saw us presented with some form of green tea. It looked quite similar to a few dirty leaves in the bottom of a plastic cup. Then the corn arrived, transparent and tasting like sticky rubbery rice. Despite the lower class passengers, missing teeth, staring provocatively at us through windows, we managed to arrive safely. Our luggage however was sitting in a bus stuck behind a broken down truck on the ferry! So we walked in Chinese style down the centre of the road to our accommodation where a small dinner had been prepared. Somehow I have the feeling we'll be living off white rice for the week to come.