I raced on Sunday in the Masons Midsummer Meltdown MTB race. I was in the marathon category with 19 other guys and some of them were really fast mountain bikers. I felt pretty great during the race for the most part, but my severe lack of guts and MTB skills definitely didn't do me any favors. It turned out pretty well and I finished 7th out of the 19. 6th place was only a couple of minutes ahead of me so I can't help but think I should have kicked more on that last lap to try to catch him, but of course I didn't know he was that close until I saw the results. The top 5 were all WAY ahead of anyone else. I think they beat me by a good 20 minutes, but considering the MTB skills that group possesses I don't feel too bad about it. The trails at Wyandotte County Lake Park were just incredible and it was a really great event, so Cliff Jones and crew deserve a ton of credit for both. The bottom line: I had a lot of fun and it was a great 3.5 hours of intense training that will hopefully benefit me when cyclocross comes around (only 2 months or so away).
My next event will be the Farmhouse Classic, which is a 99 mile gravel race put on by Joe Fox at Cycle City. I've heard great things about gravel riding and this event, so I'm excited to try them both. I'll probably ride the course next week to get a feel for it and to decide on whether or not I should ride the SS or not, so that should be fun.
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