Buckhill
Hit the Buckhill mtb race up Sunday. There were some really fast dudes lined up (Moore, Hall, Oftendahls, Fischer, ….) so my goal was a top 10. Spent the first lap eating dust from the riders infront of me. Spent most of the second lap trying to recover from a really, really f-ing hard crash. Bit the dust on a downhill sweeping corner. Thankfully Barry and Allison Tungseth were sitting in the woods spectating so some one got to see me sliding on my face. I was going to fast trying to catch up to H-wood who was just infront of me. Got up and had a pretty smooth race from there on out. Gave up one more spot to a Penn cycle dude who was rocking it real smooth. Crossed the line in 11th place. One more shot at a top 10 at the border battle. I’m sure that field will have an even stouter line-up. Mtb racing is a blast and I’m glad I gave it a go. The people are cool as they come and the courses are fun. It’s almost as fun as cross.
Peace out.
cj



August 12th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Attaboy…
I sympathize with the crashes. My first MTB race I was on the dirt 6 or 7 times. Didn’t know what-the-hell I was doing… and I still don’t!