Monday, July 10, 2006

Boyne Challenge-CPS Race #4 July 8th, 2006



Race Time: 3:51:06
Placement: 6/13
YTD Standings: NA


33 miles.  90 degrees.  Oh boy.  I was alone at this race, but I did set up a cooler where I could refresh my water and pick up supplies.  Only issue was that I set it up on the downhill part so I lost momentum.  Not smart.

This trail is by far the hardest trail I've ever ridden.  There just wasn't room to recover anywhere.  The third lap was a killer.  Horrible leg cramps, that easily added 5 to 7 minutes to my times.  I had to literally get off my bike and stretch.  Obviously I made a serious nutritional mistake.  I really need to figure this out.

Anyway's, I finished in 3 hours 51 minutes.  That put me in 6th place out of 13.  Not too good.  However, all the racers below me were DNF's.  So I was the last racer to finish in my class.  I can understand the temptation to quit.  It was pretty brutal out there.

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