Our team did a fantastic job, finishing 5th in our category with 27 laps. Of the 11 elite teams, ours was the only team to field two women, and we rode equal laps for everyone. Simon and I each completed 7, with Andy and Ruth further down the rotation each completing 6 laps. Our fastest lap was clocked by Si with a storming 43:29, and the slowest was me (Jenn), on the 3am shift clocking 1:25:48.
Well done to all those teams who stuck it out to the end, and well done to all those mixed teams who got into the spirit of Mayhem and raced equal laps for men and women. To those teams at the top of the order who didn't, well, what a shame to see some of the best talent in the country sitting on the sidelines for so much of the race.
Isn't it time we all said "hey, this is stupid, let's all just race equal laps". Then we all agree, and then we all have a fair race. Does anybody disagree? Maybe next year...
Special thanks go to:
Si for doing the run, the fastest lap, the hardest laps, the extra lap.
Andy and Ruth for smiling (sort of) all the way through their first ever Mayhem.
James (Ruth's partner) for cleaning up our filthy Endorfins and keeping the tea line open.
Lupine Lighting Systems - we ran a Wilma on helmets and Betty on bars, and never noticed the dark.
Altura for providing us with enough kit for a fresh set every lap. That's a lot of kit.
Endorfin, PowerBar and all our other sponsors, who kept us up to the task.
Ruth will be posting her race rep
ort in the next few days.
ort in the next few days.
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