The second 24 hour period clicked over with Ray on the road and he was doing a great job keeping up with Damian on what were some rather steep climbs the road just seemed to just keep going up. As you wills ee later Ray did some great numbers.
Mitch followed Ray out onto the road and rode in what were some rather hot and windy conditions, Mitch could not believe that every time he pulled out from behind Damian the wind would blow in his face. During this stint the boys had a quick break for a can of coke and some biscuits and Johann put his massage course into good use and gave Damian’s tired legs and calves a massage – may be a new career in the ‘offing’ – maybe not!
Once Mitch came in, Rob went out into even hotter conditions and managed to work with Damian
through probably the hottest part of the day. It was during this time that Mitch and Greg who were in the Transporter had a bit of a battle with a “brown snake” – not really sure who won that battle – but let’s just say there wasn’t too much rest and relaxation in the Transporter. Please don’t anyone get worried about this little incident and children should not try this battle at home.
Rob was followed out by Greg who rode quite hard with Damian and took us into Coolgardie where we had a break at the road house and we also met up with Mark the final member of the team AND the guy who would answer all our questions about the Transport – and that is exactly what he did. We had the air conditioner and all the power working in there within 5 minutes – unbelievable. While we were waiting to get going again a guy from a couple of houses down the street came up and asked Mark to come and pray with his 93 year old mother, who wasn’t too well – he had seen the Chaplaincy Australia Transporter and it was an answer to his prayer. Mark very gladly obliged and after praying he explained what we were doing and the grateful guy donated $20 towards the Race – Thanks so much Keith and Bev (hope you are better soon).
We then turned south from Coolgardie and headed towards Norseman which was around 166 kms away. We stopped for dinner about 20 kms after the turn and this was most enjoyable – a choice of butter chicken with rice or lasagne. Greg went out after dinner for another hour and then Dave went out to take Damian to bed (so to speak). However, Damian wasn’t finished yet – he had his mind set on getting to Norseman – sorry Dave! This was an awesome evening for riding it was still (thank you Lord) and the boys really cranked it up and at times getting speeds of over 40 km per hour. This was an awesome effort and we pulled into the Norseman roadhouse around 12.30am – everyone was relieved as there were showers available – woo hoo!
The team statistics for day 2 are as follows:
Ray rode for 3 hours 5 minutes and covered 71 kilometres
Mitch rode for 2 hours 30 minutes and covered 51 kilometres
Greg rode for 4 hours 20 minutes and covered 104 kilometres
Rob rode for 1 hour 50 minutes and covered 36 kilometres
Dave rode for 4 hours 20 minutes and covered 121 kilometres
Wake up time was set for 6am and this did happen with a few of the team getting up a little earlier to grab a shower – Greg even managed a toasted cheese and ham sandwich and a latte at the roadhouse – Johann gave him a yellow card for this, because he didn’t get him one! We departed at 7am a little later than planned (the whole team got a yellow card for this – from Damian!) and Damian set off again with Ray to face a few more hills and yes you guessed a bit more head wind. Greg and Rob followed in the Rus bus while Dave, Mitch, Mark and Johann stayed a little longer to clean up the Transporter and have a shower as well – they would catch up soon.
At around 7.15am Clayton Bjelan from LightFM in Melbourne called and interviewed Johann as a “live cross” to the Race team. This was tremendous and when Damian found out this has happened he was really encouraged – THANK YOU to Clayton and LighFM for your awesome support – we appreciate it.
The 9.00am kilometre reading and the 24 hour total was 371 kms – this meant that the 48 hour total was 771 kms this is a little below our target, however we are within range and Damian is still in great spirits and considering the conditions this is tremendous progress…. Let’s see what the next 24 brings!
Mitch followed Ray out onto the road and rode in what were some rather hot and windy conditions, Mitch could not believe that every time he pulled out from behind Damian the wind would blow in his face. During this stint the boys had a quick break for a can of coke and some biscuits and Johann put his massage course into good use and gave Damian’s tired legs and calves a massage – may be a new career in the ‘offing’ – maybe not!
Once Mitch came in, Rob went out into even hotter conditions and managed to work with Damian
through probably the hottest part of the day. It was during this time that Mitch and Greg who were in the Transporter had a bit of a battle with a “brown snake” – not really sure who won that battle – but let’s just say there wasn’t too much rest and relaxation in the Transporter. Please don’t anyone get worried about this little incident and children should not try this battle at home.Rob was followed out by Greg who rode quite hard with Damian and took us into Coolgardie where we had a break at the road house and we also met up with Mark the final member of the team AND the guy who would answer all our questions about the Transport – and that is exactly what he did. We had the air conditioner and all the power working in there within 5 minutes – unbelievable. While we were waiting to get going again a guy from a couple of houses down the street came up and asked Mark to come and pray with his 93 year old mother, who wasn’t too well – he had seen the Chaplaincy Australia Transporter and it was an answer to his prayer. Mark very gladly obliged and after praying he explained what we were doing and the grateful guy donated $20 towards the Race – Thanks so much Keith and Bev (hope you are better soon).
We then turned south from Coolgardie and headed towards Norseman which was around 166 kms away. We stopped for dinner about 20 kms after the turn and this was most enjoyable – a choice of butter chicken with rice or lasagne. Greg went out after dinner for another hour and then Dave went out to take Damian to bed (so to speak). However, Damian wasn’t finished yet – he had his mind set on getting to Norseman – sorry Dave! This was an awesome evening for riding it was still (thank you Lord) and the boys really cranked it up and at times getting speeds of over 40 km per hour. This was an awesome effort and we pulled into the Norseman roadhouse around 12.30am – everyone was relieved as there were showers available – woo hoo!
The team statistics for day 2 are as follows:
Ray rode for 3 hours 5 minutes and covered 71 kilometres
Mitch rode for 2 hours 30 minutes and covered 51 kilometres
Greg rode for 4 hours 20 minutes and covered 104 kilometres
Rob rode for 1 hour 50 minutes and covered 36 kilometres
Dave rode for 4 hours 20 minutes and covered 121 kilometres
Wake up time was set for 6am and this did happen with a few of the team getting up a little earlier to grab a shower – Greg even managed a toasted cheese and ham sandwich and a latte at the roadhouse – Johann gave him a yellow card for this, because he didn’t get him one! We departed at 7am a little later than planned (the whole team got a yellow card for this – from Damian!) and Damian set off again with Ray to face a few more hills and yes you guessed a bit more head wind. Greg and Rob followed in the Rus bus while Dave, Mitch, Mark and Johann stayed a little longer to clean up the Transporter and have a shower as well – they would catch up soon.
At around 7.15am Clayton Bjelan from LightFM in Melbourne called and interviewed Johann as a “live cross” to the Race team. This was tremendous and when Damian found out this has happened he was really encouraged – THANK YOU to Clayton and LighFM for your awesome support – we appreciate it.
The 9.00am kilometre reading and the 24 hour total was 371 kms – this meant that the 48 hour total was 771 kms this is a little below our target, however we are within range and Damian is still in great spirits and considering the conditions this is tremendous progress…. Let’s see what the next 24 brings!
