Originally Posted by JoshFrank

Well I went ahead and did it, raced masters yesterday. I was encouraged by three teammates (also racing masters)to give it a shot. No rookie mistakes but boy did I get my ass handed to me. The course started with a longish paved climb followed by an equally longish paved decent. I should mention that I'm running single speed, obviously at the rear of the pack by the time we hit dirt. After the pukey feeling passed I kept reminding myself how fun this is from the depths of my pain cave. Sweet relief came when the nice official told me "finished". I came in 22 out of 25, the winner only had me by two measly laps .

Next week I'll try it again and probably run the C's as well for comparison, maybe the 45min "warmup" will give me a shot.