Rakahuri Rage

On Sunday 20th of March I was eating muesli and watching batman when I heard knocking on the door. I look out the window to see Jack looking anxious and excited. I rush round the house looking for things like helmet, water and bike those three things racing around my head I said goodbye to Dad and got in the car.Jack and I discussed our thoughts on what we thought the day would be like. We picked up EB and team rednecks was off.( not my choice of name) When we got to the race course we were all a mixture of excitement and anxiety as we found the loburn  school marque. We set up then headed to the BNZ tent for a briefing. I was blinded from the Sun's Rays and knew It would be a hot day. I listened to the briefing and Marcus,Anna and Brooklyn's speech about main power swimming. We headed over to the start line everyone was pushing and shoving. Jack was going first then me then EB. The countdown started then they were off. I waited around for a while anxious then Holly came back which meant team Umizoomi was in front .I had to catch up to piper to get into the lead. I waited by my bike with EB giving advice then I heard someone shout “ Jacks coming!” A rush of adrenaline came when he tagged me and off I went. I was on a high gear(opps) so it was a slow start but once I got going it was good I passed lots of people ( Including piper ) and made up all the hills. Fear would pass through me as I skimmed past the trees. I finished my lap and tagged EB. I crashed on the bean bag and drank lots of water and felt a sense of achievement as my lap time was 23 mins. On the second lap I started changing my gears and was racing through. Then disaster struck I changed too many gears at once and my chain fell off! I was stuck on the side of track for a minute trying to fix it but I'm useless with bikes. When miss Kennedy came through and fixed it really quickly and soon I was off. When I came back I expected a really bad time but I got 23 mins again. That made me annoyed and relieved. Relieved because it wasn't bad but annoyed because what I what of gotten. When I was having my break I asked Pip how long we had to go we had 4 hours! I realised that I had lot more laps to go. On my 3rd lap I started feeling it really sore in my legs and I was losing speed when I finished I only got 25 mins I was frustrated. I rested and set myself a Goal  to bet 25 mins. It was just when I was thinking about my goal when my dad arrived he brought food and positive reinforcement. When I set off for my 4th lap I focused on my goal. When I got the familiar aching in my legs I powered through and got a lap time of 24 mins. On my 5th and final lap I got through and got 24 mins again. Everyone got photos and we packed up. We got a free burger from Heller's and went to prizegiving. I saw a lot of proud faces( and the dude from Heller's adds was there) as people went up to the podium. Then it was the primary school grade. Fast and furious 3 came first and my team came second. We won a twenty dollar voucher to bike barn and socks. The socks were really comfortable. This was my rakahuri rage story.