After the Motu

Well bit slack here about keeping this up to date! Never mind 1 computer + 3 people means that when the muse strikes it may not be at a time when the technology is free!!
Motu day was long, reasonably successful and true to form I was the best first reserve on the day. Luckily for Maurie and Andrew they managed to get a good mountain biker, and Andrew was able to do the road bike - and a good 40 minutes faster than me, and Maurie had a good run and kayak. I think it was the earliest Maurie has ever finished a Motu Challenge event but his excitment soon went when he realised that he still didn't get a hot shower!!
Lucy's team didn't have such a good day. Nicole found someone to do the mountain bike after the original biker had to pull out due to injury, and they were in contention but unfortunately Amber had a recurrence of an old injury so didn't manage to finish the run. Lucy left on the road bike with the only other biker left, but was soon biking on her own, knowing that she was on a timeline to get to the kayak transition before the official cutoff time. Lucy biked extremely well - followed by an anxious mother and the tail-end Charlie vehicle. It was a hot afternoon by then (cold and cloudy most of the day!) and was quite windy. But she managed to cut 7 minutes off her time - not bad for a hard solo bike - and she made the cutoff time. Lucy is awesome! I did take some photos but the camera is not around so will post them later.