With the reputation as one of Australia’s biggest MTB events, I made sure I squeezed in this

year’s Otway Odyssey on my way back over to the States. As always it was a great event though my lack of preparation left me winging everything for the event, and thank you to all the guys and girls who helped me out. Though one thing I didn’t wing was the first aid kit, I was sprung on the line, which I found out equals a 20 minute penalty, guess I need to read the race notes next time. Perhaps it was a blessing in disguise? as I now had no ambitions and was thinking about looking after my legs for the first US Cup race this coming weekend. I was happy for the training day and content with riding around in the lead group, until my bike and nature decided to have a disagreement and I was left on the side of the track to fix the damage. I soldiered on letting the Epic do its thing on the downhills and tapped up the hills. Along the way I claimed the timed descent and had a solid 5hrs of sweet trail riding. On finishing I decided it would be quicker to ride back to Apollo bay that to wait for the shuttle bus as well as getting in some extra miles for the upcoming road season, making it perhaps my biggest day ever on an MTB at 6.5hrs.

Hope to see everyone out at Sagebrush this week for The US Cup opener

Sid Taberlay