That was a tough race ...
In the Hudson Valley area in NY State we had a few strong storms come thru the region Saturday night. For the Mt. Tremper race near Woodstock, I was affraid it would be a muddy race and with 800 verticle feet of climbing for each six mile lap it would be a tough race. 800 feet of climbing per lap is not all that much, but when the climbs are short and very steep and numerous it made for an interesting 12 mile sport race. To say there were root is an understatement, there were 12 miles of wet, grrrrrrrrrrrrrreasy roots :drooling: There was a fair amount of rocks, but most could be found crossing the 30 foot wide 1 foot plus deep streams that we had to cross twice per lap! The humidity in the deep woods was brutal so crossing the streams gave us a short relieve. Once thru the water we came upon a few sections of long single track cyclocross style deep mud. I thought it was fun and quite hard to stay upright. There were 2 of the steepest downhills I have ever seen, in fear of taking a unwanted trip over the bars and re-fracturing my still healing collarbone I opted to walk down. The 35+ Sport women were combined with the 50+ men. I had a good start, about 1/2 lap in Heidi had past me. She is a strong rider. It was a super fun race, thanks for reading,
RC ... 🙂
