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Mountain Mayhem 2005
A great weekend was had by all. As ever the weekend began with the team arriving on the Friday night and having a couple of cans around the camp (only a couple mind!!). This year the 'Sweaty Ninjas' also entered the race. This included Chicken Skins own, Tim. The camp gets bigger every year.
Friday night was spent ambling around the many stalls at the Mayhem event. This included a quality tent which contained 'fifa 2005' on the Xbox. Obviously the challenge was set and it needs to be noted at this point that Mick is still unbeaten and is still to let a single goal in!!!. Anyway so back to the event. An early night was had by all ready for the race ahead. As yet there was no sign of any rain.
On Saturday the team were woken by the pattering of rain on the tent. Just like last year the worst was feared. After a hearty breakfast everyone pottered about to get things ready for the start.
The start came around as quick as ever. Mick was nominated for the run and the first lap. By this time the rain had made the track slightly slippy and after around 15 falls on the lap, Mick made it in at around 1 hour 30 mins. Not the kind of pace the team were looking for but it seemed from then on the laps only got quicker with the fastest coming from Pete in 1hour 12mins.
The laps came and went as is the usual process. The classic comments were made by all. Quotes like 'Surely it's not me already' and 'I can't believe it's me after this lap' were regularly mentioned. Over night the team got to their highest position of 47th which was the best yet in this event. It seems to get quicker every year.
Through the whole 24 hours no more rain was seen and the track dried out nicely. The team made a sterling finish of 54th. A really good effort by all (including the support team).
Check out the final stats and photos below.
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