lisa morgan

It's currently the night before so I'm resting up at Thermal Holiday Park.  I had a training session on Mt Vic yesterday so drove up in the afternoon picking up KC enroute.  We got in a little later than expected, but still in time for a decent nights sleep, unlike Ricky and Jo who didn't get in til about 1am.

This morning Ricky and I headed out for a lap of the course (the only one we'll get pre-race), and while out there bumped in to Gav and Shane.  The 4 of us spent some time at the 'rock drop' trying to work out which lines were fastest and for me it was the first time I'd sucked it up and actually ridden the drop which is good because I have a feeling I'm going to need every extra bit of time I can gain when the course isn't climbing!

Despite the series handbook saying this year would be a return to the Rotorua course of old (a-la 2007) things have been changed around quite a bit.  It's still vegas, and the more technical stuff is still the same, and it's still a really cool course.  I was just caught out a bit expecting one thing and finding another.  I also discovered early on that 1 lap before the race is probably not idea as the smaller drops can definitely be ridden faster and smoother once you know them, but I can't quite remember that level of detail so it's a bit of 'point and relax!'.

No matter the outcome, it's really cool to be back at a race and especially in vegas.  The weather has really turned it on for us and if it's like today, things are going to be VERY hot by 2pm tomorrow.  But even with the sun out it'll be pretty damn dark in some sections of the forest so I've switched my dark lenses out for some nice bright yellows.  If that's no good, I'll have to remember where I throw them to go and pick them up later if I can't find a handy spectator or marshal to take care of them for me (done it before, more than once!).

So, bike is prepped, I'm fed and just waiting for the sun to go down and if I'm in luck might be able to change the tv channel to feed my Idol addiction while I continue to rest up .