Day 2 - Kaitaia to Whangeri - 174km

Day 2 - Kaitaia to Whangeri.

The first long ride of the camp today, consisting of some classic kiwi rollers (undulating landscape). Also on offer were the camps first KOM (King of the Mountains) points.

The day was pretty wet and rainy, although not cold which was great, and a small tail-wind which helped keep the averages up and also helped on some of the rollers.

My group consisted of Dan, Nick, Jordon, Rob Q, Big Eric (all 6ft 8inch of him, and makes a great hole in the wind!) and Randy for pretty much most of the day with everyone doing some nice turns on the front, Big E did pull a fair bit on the flat though, and very nice they were too - as they were usually between 40-45kph everytime.

legs reasonably good today, confidence starting to build nicely and easing myself into the camp, without going nuts early on. looking good so far :)

So then, that 265km of 2250km of riding done and dusted. Day 3 consists of a 185km rolling one, but were kicking off the day a 2km run, 2km swim (for me, 3km for the other guys) and then a 2km swim - brekkie and then straight into the ride.

should be a good one.

Catch up tomorrow.