Originally Posted by
Hida Yanra
OT: given the year you had, (and I haven't been keeping up since late spring), sounds like you had a nice turn of luck and form. Congrats. Ingredients being what they are, looks like you and your training advisory staff did some nice work. There's no way to fake form in +3h racing, so nicely done on what you could control.
Ian, thanks for the kind words. My only result was a 4 th place from a break in the district championships, and i wouldnt have picked myself to finish top 5 at the start of the race. Luck had quite a bit to do with things as there were a few kindred spirits who thought of the same thing as i did. Also testament to the preparation that the cranky old dude provided given the lack of quality ingredients going in.