The story so far.....
There are 6 Test Icicles.
One is currently hanging in suspended animation (traction) in hospital for 6 weeks! We had 4 ambulances yesterday attending our training session. I kid you not. One Test Icicle has a pelvis with 2 breaks. This same Big Testicle was showing us his wheelie skills last Wednesday night for a TI night ride and went RIGHT over onto his hydration-pack-armadillo-like-protected-back. He is NORMALLY such a cautious and CAREFUL rider so it was a huge surprise to see him lying upside down doing a turtle with his bike in the air.....I picked the carbon bike up exclaiming how light and wonderful it was, ooohing & aaarghing...... while he waved a bloodied elbow about saying "excuse me, over here, HURT, hurt!"
Big Test Icicles Team Training Session.
Another one is recovering from broken ribs.While another rearranged his face with a little dermabrasion on a track in January. There are 2 who haven't crashed: Bernd -the-beer-brewer and Andy-the founding-member of ITNMTB (in the nude MTBing). Andy lives in the Blue Mountains and has his own dirt track so it really doesn't matter what he chooses to wear. Or not wear. He's gone a bit feral and may be crashing madly as I write? He proved to be a mad keen bonker at last year's race - I have it on film.
Then there's me: Crash test Mummy. What can I say? It's looking pretty bleak for a podium finish. Last year we came 2nd.
(out of 2 teams -ssssshhhh). So we WERE hoping to improve and set out yesterday for a BIG training session.
Over a very sad coffee yesterday after our team mate had been taken away full of morphine with a drip hanging out of his arm with a BIG smile on his face....we talked tactics.
If at first you can't win, improvise.
(Cheat. Do what ever it takes to have fun and drop the 0 out of Over 40. We're gonna act about 4 years old. )
Liquid FUEL: Bernd will ply our opposing teams with home brew and get them so sozzled they won't make it out of transition.
HIgh Fibre FUEL: Hans will fill them up with Goood German Bread with lots of seed & big German sausage so they'll be worried about leaving the vicinty of the semi-trailer-toilet block.
SCARE Andy will flash past in the nude and they'll wish they never left the campsite.
Just RIDE: Bri is the fastest on his super Yeti so we'll just let him ride super fast, zippy laps, shout encouragment and throw coffee down his throat if he happens to stop. He has mentioned he'd like to give the 24hour solo a go. Here's his chance.
Scare & Distract 2: Me....i'm supposed to distract our over 40's opposition by doing the Underwear lap. The stress of it all...can i fill a bra out? Will a pair of lace knickers suffice for a lap or will I be suffering from saddle rub? I did promise to wear the lace knickers for the Highland Fling but 100kms in them was too worrying to attempt.
Test Icicles and the wonderful Ambulance Crew.
SO, there are many things to ponder here - we welcome any suggestions to our dilemas: advice on lace knickers, team tactics or riding technique. We think we may also need another team mate......any offers?
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