Day 2

Day 2

It’s official; support crew duties is as hard as doing the training. I was up at 4:45am this morning to pack and get ready for 10 days on the road. It’s been a long last week with plenty more to come.

After yesterdays carnage I was a little worried that the guys were going to be spread far and wide again today. Thankfully I was wrong this time.

The roll out was apparently quite gentlemanly and we hit our first stop of the day with the group in tact. The second part of the stage was through the rolling Weka Pass. With KOM points on offer there was sure to be some action. Clas and Stephen came steaming up the final rise with Clas taking it by half a wheel. Mike continued to dominate the civilian category, again taking maximum points. I was really pleased to see the tail enders not far behind and seemingly enjoying the day more than yesterday.

As we rolled to the tourist town of Hanmer Springs the sun was blazing and NZ was showing off its top notch scenery. It’s days like this that I’m bloody proud to be a kiwi and show off our wicked country.

The guys are now starting to relax and there’s plenty more banta. The war stories are already getting longer and more extravagant. God knows what they will sound like at the end of the camp. That’s the great thing about Epic, it really is a once in a lifetime experience for most of these guys. They are covering distance most of them never thought possible.

I remember last year when I started the camp I said I didn’t give a toss about the points competition. Yet after a couple of days I was watching the totals quite closely. Before this camp there were plenty of athletes who started out like I did last year. It’s only day two and those that said they did care are already paying close attention to the points totals J

It’s now 10pm and the support crew have a 5:30am run planned tomorrow so it’s time to hit the sack