Blackheart first out on the penultimate leg

It looked like a very frustrating night riding (or maybe pushing) the mountain bikes towards Lake Tinaroo. It appears that all teams so far have had trouble in the same area including Orion so I can only assume what's on the ground doesn't quite add up to what's on the map.

But the team continues strong into Day 6 of the race with a 20 min over Orion into the final paddle. Given the last 3 legs, nothing can be taken for granted but this should be a relatively straight forward 15km paddle across the dam in daylight. From there it's "only" one stage to go - 60km trek to the Cairns waterfront.

Ben confirmed a few minutes ago from the transition that Blackheart had spent about 3 hours "going around in circles" in the middle of the MTB leg before getting a couple of hours sleep. Apparently the team is going well ... no real issues other than what you would expect after 120 hours of racing. Hear about it yourself on the latest video update.