The Gong 4 Nov 2007

Last year I did the 56 Km Gong ride, it was hard enough given the gale force southerleys that we had to ride into. See Last Years report

This year I resolved to do the 90 Km and did so, Hoorah!

Vital statistics were;

Time: 6:52:46 (great fun having a computer)
Dist: 85.9 Km
Max : 59.7 Km.Hr

Three hours before the race started, it stormed like the end of the earth was about to come, nearly chickened out but it was nice and overcast by 5:30 am so rode over to St Peters from Coogee with what seemed to be several hundred other riders all heading in the same direction.






This shot is about 100 metres from the start, it had started to rain, so the large tent made a good cover. As the day wore on, the weather improved and it really was a nice ride, sore bum notwithstanding.

The ride was in aid of the MS Society, they went close to the million dollar target.