Okay... so after a relaxing few days in Tauranga I made it to Rotorua - where I have been planning to Zorb (since my last visit to NZ in 2001) and Shweeb (since I had heard of it six months ago).
Cycling here was alright - hot, sunny and steep - guess I can't really complain as I knew that this would be case. Best part is climbing for 5km and then a quick 1km drop before you have to climb for 10km... WOW - to think that I actually like this stuff.
Anyway, back to the fun stuff. I did the Shweeb yesterday and my time was 1minute 3.5 seconds... ranking me 107 /861 in the World for my age category. and 32/228 for Canadians (once again for my age category). Well... that wasn't good enough for me - those of you who really know me know that if I enjoy something I'll do it again - conside We Will Rock You as the best example... so today I did the Shweeb again - this time improving my rankings as follows:
I'm now the 4th best Canadian to have Shweeb'd for my age category, and the 19th best in the World...LOL! That's because my second attempt was 1 minute 0.3 seconds. To see what the Shweeb looks like in motion check out their website at: http://www.shweeb.co.nz/
Makes me laugh thinking just thinking about the Shweeb... now we just need to get it into the Olympics as a sport. I should mention that the track is 200m in length and you do 3 laps - I maxed out at 35.85km/h today...arrrgh...if only I could've gone faster. Maybe I should try it once more...nah...I have to get moving South to Turangi!
Wow! That looks like a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteThe closest I'll get to doing that... is riding my bike with a plastic bag on my head.