It was a little chilly for Mid May (50 degrees). It rained the previous day and morning of, but the course was realatively dry.
I prerode the 1st 1.5 miles, pretty much nothing but uphill singletrack! All that climbing made me a little nervous & not so confident. I was one of the last ones to get to the start but I squeezed into almost mid pack for the start. The 3 lappers took off and after maybe 2 min's us 2 lappers got to go, there's maybe a 1/4 mile of dirt road and I was passing people like crazy, we hit the single track and I knew it would be uphill for a while so I just got in a grove and pedaled away. The crest of the high was very steep, loose dirt and everyone near me ended up off of their bikes pushing.
I liked the course, normal rocks, roots, tight turns, etc then out to a dirt rode, sharp right into single path thru a field and back to the start. I was pretty much holding my own, pcking off a person now and then and kept getting passed by this one racer, then I would pass him back (kid was less than 1/2 my age). I felt good. I put my heavy pedals on and unlike last week didnt have problems when I needed to clip back in.
The course was short and there was maybe 1/3 of the last lap left, and I was too close to this big tree and SMACK! my knee slams into the tree knocking my foot out of my shoe, and damn did that hurt. Of course I had to stop to put my shoe back on, one rider passsed me . Luckily it was on a downhill section and I didnt have to pedal much. I figured I would just try to hold my ground and even thou it hurt like hell I kept going. I am not sure why but when someone caught up to me I said ok, whats a little pain and got backup to pace and then the pain went away. The dude was right on my butt and I was sure he was in my class, we caught up to another rider and past him, he's still on my butt and the finish is very close. So I pushed, then I heard him say on your left, ok I'll give you some room put your going to have to earn the pass and pushed even harder! Well he tried but couldn't I held him off
I got several "nice finish" by the people at the finish, cool but where's the EMT - I need some ice!
They don't post results at the race so I'll have to keep checking their web site, I know I wasn't 1st but I definitely had a blast!!
*This place has a race every Wednesday and is hosting a 24 Trilife race in June.
*They dont race the normal classes but you can either do 1, 2 or 3 laps. I race beginner so I opted for the 2 laps figuring Id be up against Beg & sport guys.
I prerode the 1st 1.5 miles, pretty much nothing but uphill singletrack! All that climbing made me a little nervous & not so confident. I was one of the last ones to get to the start but I squeezed into almost mid pack for the start. The 3 lappers took off and after maybe 2 min's us 2 lappers got to go, there's maybe a 1/4 mile of dirt road and I was passing people like crazy, we hit the single track and I knew it would be uphill for a while so I just got in a grove and pedaled away. The crest of the high was very steep, loose dirt and everyone near me ended up off of their bikes pushing.
I liked the course, normal rocks, roots, tight turns, etc then out to a dirt rode, sharp right into single path thru a field and back to the start. I was pretty much holding my own, pcking off a person now and then and kept getting passed by this one racer, then I would pass him back (kid was less than 1/2 my age). I felt good. I put my heavy pedals on and unlike last week didnt have problems when I needed to clip back in.
The course was short and there was maybe 1/3 of the last lap left, and I was too close to this big tree and SMACK! my knee slams into the tree knocking my foot out of my shoe, and damn did that hurt. Of course I had to stop to put my shoe back on, one rider passsed me . Luckily it was on a downhill section and I didnt have to pedal much. I figured I would just try to hold my ground and even thou it hurt like hell I kept going. I am not sure why but when someone caught up to me I said ok, whats a little pain and got backup to pace and then the pain went away. The dude was right on my butt and I was sure he was in my class, we caught up to another rider and past him, he's still on my butt and the finish is very close. So I pushed, then I heard him say on your left, ok I'll give you some room put your going to have to earn the pass and pushed even harder! Well he tried but couldn't I held him off
I got several "nice finish" by the people at the finish, cool but where's the EMT - I need some ice!
They don't post results at the race so I'll have to keep checking their web site, I know I wasn't 1st but I definitely had a blast!!
*This place has a race every Wednesday and is hosting a 24 Trilife race in June.
*They dont race the normal classes but you can either do 1, 2 or 3 laps. I race beginner so I opted for the 2 laps figuring Id be up against Beg & sport guys.
