This year Kevin and I tackled the 100km Sorrento-Melbourne ride and had a great time. We managed to cover the course in just on 4 hours, which we were pretty pleased with. Kevin has improved a lot recently since he purchased a nice new Giant Defy roadbike, and we were actually leading a small peloton for about 10kms between Seaford and Mordialloc.
The weather was good - fine and cool, but a bit windy towards the top of the bay. Overall it was a great day out thanks to BNV and all the sponsors.
I also managed to raise nearly $1000 thanks to generous donations to The Smith Family from friends and relatives.
We stayed overnight on Saturday at Kevin&Arlene's house at Rye where Arlene provided a massive carb loading meal of lasagne and pavlova which we washed down with one (or two) glasses of shiraz - very 'pro' !! Thanks to Kev&Arlene for their hospitality.
Here's a few more pics from the day ....
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| Waiting at the start about 7:45am in Sorrento... |
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| Kevin astride the new GIANT Defy, Sorrento |
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| 'Selfie' from Kev at the finish - sure, he's smiling now ... |
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| Your correspondent relaxing after gobbling down a large tuna&salad sandwich, chocolate cake, banana and Powerade at the finish at Alexandra Gardens. |
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| Kevin - not cramping, stretching .... |
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| ....and again..... |
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| The bikes resting, Kevin eating - at the finish !! |
Well done you guys!!
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