The NZ team is buzzing tonight after the unbelievable ride from Sarah Ulmer. I was in the athletes area in the velodrome, standing on the fencing and yelling my headoff... and what a result! She took the old world record by over 6 seconds!

Other then that, things are pretty much as expected in the village. Many athletes have already finished thier events, and so the atmosphere is pretty relaxed. At the moment I am in Middle earth, an area set up with tvs, sofa's and a few computers. A good place to come and meet other kiwis and socialize. I've been seeing a lot of other mtbers in the food hall, and its funny to see them all in national clothing.


We've still got 6 days till the race, so today I ventured into the city, and meet up with my dad for a nice cold beer. The days are really hot as expected, so we're drinking non-stop. (normally water though!)

Two days ago there was a fire near the mountain bike course, and part of our course got burnt! (a really nice part at that!) Tomorrow is the first day of training, so we will get to see the damage then. At this point its not sure if we'll be riding the burnt section, or cutting it out altogether.

later
Kashi