Mt. Coot-tha classic

Did the innaugral Mt Coot-tha classic cycle ride this weekend - 70 km of hell. It is hard to find a flat piece of road around Brisbane, then they want you to charge up Mt Coot-tha and they time you !!!. Needless to say, I was not too interested in my time, especially as I had such stomach cramps going up the hill (9% for 2,5km's, after 6 km's of uphill from Southbank to get there. I did get up to 83,5km/h going down the other side though. Came right in the second half and finished a shade over three hours which was not half bad for me. Only problem is, we have done the first one, now we will have to do next years....maybe I should do some serious training before April 2009. By the way, this picture is taken at the top of Mt Coot-tha....I can't understand why the road looks so flat, but I am actually shitting bricks at that stage, hence the look on my face.....