Luxor

Quick and relatively unventful day or so I thought! For once, I was early and ready to go so I thought it might be a good idea to check the tire pressure. As I unscrew the valve, it goes flying in the air exploding. Fortunately, I find it right away and it's just a matter of screwiung it back on. Now I am pumping the tire furiously trying to make the start on time. I just make it and I decide to jump on the fast train to see how the legs are doing. A very quick response from the quads telling me not so good and I am freezing as it seems a bit cooler, I should have worn long sleeves. Even better, I should have but arm warmers but that's a bit late to think about that. Anyway, 10km down the road, I back off before blowing up and I quickly get caught by a very large pack moving surprisingly well. People must be smelling rest! I settle myself at the back at a pretty relaxing pace until the pit stop. I just check in without a break and take advantage of this to rejoin the front guys. They are cranking it close to 40km/hr so I hang on for about 20km, it's not bad at the back but my turns at bthe front are painful so I back off figuring I built a good enough lead from the large pack behind. I take it down to about 33km/hr and finish the last 25km on my own well ahead of the large pack which was good for 4th or 5th place.

I grab my stuff from the truck and head into town for some good food and a couple of mugs of fresh OJ and sugar cane juice not to mention a stop at the bakery for some sweets. Let the rest begin!