Here's my first race report!
Whoa, that was intense! I finished 2nd out of 31 in the Beginner's race, so I felt like a sandbagger. There was a lot of technical stuff (logs, rocks, steep cliffs, mud holes, etc.) and that's what scared me but I learned pretty quickly. I've got a pretty good base from all the other stuff I do, so the physical aspect wasn't too scary. I did go over the handlebars once and into the mud, so that was pretty cool. Had a good time and that's all that matters. The Sport race and the Expert race started before the buffoons, so I might've caught up to some of them (not Experts), so with all the bikers out there I didn't know who was in what race. When I crossed the finish line, I asked, "How'd I do?" and the dude says "you got 2nd." Holy crap! It was a 7 mile loop. The Sport dudes did 2 laps and the Experts did 3. 2 laps would've put a hurtin' on me I'm sure. I noticed that the more tired you get, the more likely you are to crash. I ran into an old pal (Jeff) from the HS cross country team and he brought a pal with him. Jeff's getting back into it. I've seen him at a couple of road (running) races. He used to be quite a bike racer. He did the Sport race and he was one beat puppy when it was all over. Me and his pal caught up to him after the race and he could hardly think or talk. This is the hysterical part, but you had to be there. They were talking about seeing each other throughout the race. Buddy says, "Do you remember when I hit you in the head with my tire?" Jeff looks down and thinks, and about 15 seconds go by and he kind of raises his head a little and looks out over his sunglasses and says, "Naw." It was SO funny!
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