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Crocodile Trophy
Tim and Jo have returned from the Croc Trophy
check out the results and photos here
Jo's Croc Story - read about it here
Jo finished up in 2nd place behind Belgium rider Karen Steurs and Tim along with the 2 other Merida Flight Centre team guys finished with Jo helping her along the way. check out meridaflightcentre.com

Scott 24hr is next on the caelndar of events for Tim and Jo
click here for the website

Bootleg Brewery State XC Champs
Well done to all KC team members in the State champs on the weekend
click here for full results
Sam Rubery 1st Under 13
Lachie McVey 1st Under 19
Mark Rubery 4th Masters Men
Clive Jones 2nd Vets Men
Ian Longville 3rd Elite Men
Tim Bennett 1st Elite Men
Jo Bennett 1st Elite Women
Special mention to Rubes for getting back into 4th position after a big crash at the start and breaking his shifter - leaving him with 3 gears for the whole race!!)
hope to have some pics here soon

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Coffs Harbour Marathon 100km
After heavy rain and thunderstorms the night before the Coffs Harbour Marathon turned out to be a long hard mtb race
Jo had a win and Tim placed 3rd both in the Elite catagories
check out the report and results here

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Merida Flight Centre MTB Team
Tim and Jo are now part of the new MTB team
the first race of the season was the Merida Mega Epic
a 200km weekend of MTB action in Brisbane
Jo took out the womens category and Tim finished 4th in the mens
check the details out here
photos coming soon

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Check out the results from the latest Perth MTB club race here
Kalamunda Cycles MTB team members did us proud once again!
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Tim Bennett 1st Elite Men
Jo Bennett 1st Elite Female
Clive Jones 1st Expert Men
Mark Rubery 7th Expert Men
Lachie McVey 11th Expert Men
Michael Rubery 2nd U13 boys
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WELL DONE
HOLLY BAARSPUL
Elite Female winner
HI-WAY CUP

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KALAMUNDA CYCLES MTB TEAM
ALL WINNERS!
State Round Turner Hill
Clive Jones 1st Vet Men
Mark Rubery 2nd Vet Men
Sean O'Neill 1st Expert Men
Tim Bennett 1st Elite Men
Jo Bennett 1st Elite Women
Sam Rubery 1st U13 boys
Michael Rubery 3rd U13 boys
well done to everyone who raced

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BC BIKE RACE 2008
click on the link
http://velowoo.blogspot.com/
Jo's partner Steve's blog
T im and Adrian Jackson placed 3rd in the mens category
Jo and Steve placd 7th in the mixed category
here is one photo - Jo having a great time!
http://www.davesilverphoto.com/bcbikerace08/
website for other photos and race reports
http://www.bcbikerace.com/Media/Blog/#bcbike80

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Tim and I are leaving Monday 23rd June on our next overseas venture.
bcbikerace.com The BC Bike race is a seven day MTB race from Victoria to Whistler.

I decided to head to Canada earlier this month after batteling with a back injury from IM NZ in March. Believe it or not riding doesnt really affect my injury so after many sleepless nights I have decided to stick with riding indefinitely. I have had to pull out of IM Lake Placid and I am putting my energy into cycling.

Tim is racing with a team mate from Melbourne and I am racing with my team mate Steve from San Fransisco

I will keep you posted on the results - or you can check it out on the race website or cyclingnews.com

Orbea 6 Hr MTB race Sunday 15th June

My first MTB win of the season - what a day!

Last year I couldnt race the 6hr MTB race as I broke my toe only 2 days before the event, so this year I was pretty excited to get to the start line with out any problems.
I am sure most people remember the day - it started raining at about 7am and didnt stop well maybe 30min of the 6hr race, and the track was so muddy and wet by then that it didnt really matter.

Each lap was approx 12.5km long and was in a figure 8 style, it included some really nice single track, some sweet downhill, muddy rocky sections, open fire road, log overs, jumps and mud baths! so basically the perfect MTB course.

The 70 solo riders headed off 2min ahead of the team riders and had a nice clear track, it wasnt too churned up, but after approx 300 riders had made their way around the course it made each lap slightly harder. By lap 6 I knew I wasnt going to make any more than 8 in the 6hours so I just got through the last 2 laps - I was pretty much over it - the rain anyway! I like every other rider had basically worn through my brake pads and had most of the Jarradale mud and dirt on my bike, jersey and knicks.

All in all I was happy and relieved to have won in such testing conditions.

Tim and Clive Jones managed an exceptional win to take out the 2 man team and overall in 9 nine laps in a little under 5hr 30min!

Congratulations to all those who finished :)

RESULTS
Tim - 4th Annaconda Enduro, Alice Spring
TIM - 2nd Dirtworks 100km MTB
JO - Ironman Australia 6th place Pro female
TIM - Otway Odyssey 6th place Pro Male
JO - Ironman New Zealand, 7th Pro Female
TIM - Karapoti Classic, 7th place pro male
JO - Geelong half Ironman, 10th Feb - 6th place pro women

3rd April 2008
6th place finish IRONMAN OZ
10th Ironman race!
W ell my 10th Ironman finish was not as great as I expected. I was running in 3rd position for most of the marathon, until I was down to a walk jog and finished in 6th place. I had been having some hamstring issues leading into the race, just before IMNZ and during the 5week block between Ironmans I wasnt able to run without a walk involved. So going into this Ironman I wasnt super confident with my form but I really wanted to finish this race. Pre race I was fortunate to do a press conference and meet World Champ Chrissie Wellington (what an amazing athlete, and great person) and also race with her and Kate Major, so overall I had a great time and learnt alot racing these world class athletes. Port Mac is a fabulous place, and I urge anyone even thinking about heading over next April to book your flights! The course is reasonably tough - well the bike course anyway. The swim is held in the marina, so the first few hundred metres are pretty tight with competitors and boats, but then it spreads out a bit (only a bit!) the bike course is hilly and the roads are pretty rough. I wore a pair of bike nicks over my race suit, to make the ride more comfortable (I totally recommend this) there is a stretch of 10km road heading out to Lake Cathie which is flat (the only section in the race) but the course is amazing, very spectacular if you have time to have a look around. The marathon this year was shortened to a 3 lap course, which I prefer as there are more spectator viewing points and it makes the run go reasonably quick (if your having a good run that is) but overall it is a fantastic spot for an Ironman - I will be booking my flights for next year.

I am going to have a week or 2 off and let my hamstring recover now, I plan on racing the half in a team then get my running back on track leading up to Ironman Lake Placid in July.

Goodluck to those racing the half - I will see you there!