Spoaks was a blast yesterday, despite high temps and much humidity. This was the first race I’d done with prior knowledge of the course. No surprises, except how much it kicked my butt at (my slow) race pace. Dust bowl start gave way to mostly solitary riding after racers spaced out. Only got lapped by 4-5 of the faster guys, which tells me the course was longer than I expected. Who knows.
Big shout out to Debbie P. (name withheld to protect the innocent ), for pushing me to keep my pace up and NOT STOP. Despite giving her several opportunities to pass, she refused them, instead staying on my tail the whole race and yelling like a varsity football coach for me to keep pushing. My sore body and positive feeling about my performance have her to thank for it. A stranger helping out a noob. Good people.
Also saw a bunch of racers on the side of the trail, either suffering from the heat or crashed. One or two got carried out by SxS. Good luck to them, hope everyone is okay.
Really glad I got involved in this, despite my later in life start. It’s been a really rewarding experience. Best of luck to the racers today.
Big shout out to Debbie P. (name withheld to protect the innocent ), for pushing me to keep my pace up and NOT STOP. Despite giving her several opportunities to pass, she refused them, instead staying on my tail the whole race and yelling like a varsity football coach for me to keep pushing. My sore body and positive feeling about my performance have her to thank for it. A stranger helping out a noob. Good people.
Also saw a bunch of racers on the side of the trail, either suffering from the heat or crashed. One or two got carried out by SxS. Good luck to them, hope everyone is okay.
Really glad I got involved in this, despite my later in life start. It’s been a really rewarding experience. Best of luck to the racers today.