Finally - a dry AWRCS race ! Dry is an understatement though. Just GAS IT - I'm sure the track is right in front of me ! Right ?
It was 95 degrees and super dry and dusty. Watching the video, somehow, it looks better than it did in person, at speed. There was many times a lap that you didn't really know what you were heading into. You really had to take the opportunity to get on the gas when you could see far enough in front of you. Three different times I realized I was off course (because of no dust immediately in front of me, lol) and had to turn around to find where someone had gone through and taken out ribbons in error. (Those wrong direction riding / short-cut taking could have been why it took over 45 minutes after the protest period to finalize results.) Still- I liked the course so much better than the GNCC I raced here earlier this year in the mud and slop. Because I got all the laps of the race leaders, my race time ended up being 2 hrs: 48 mins. It was grueling. Props to all those who able to hang in there for 4 laps on this day. And special congrats to John K. (#645) who took the lead from our row, in the 60+ Class!, went back and forth with me several times during the race, finishing just ahead of me at the end, and winning his class. I believe he let me by at 34:25 because he wasn't sure where the course went. I picked the wrong direction right after that ! And BOY - nothing scarier than going up a trail that you think / fear that others will be coming at you !
I did get some rear-view camera action at the start - until I knocked it out of view on the creek jump attempt (and my front camera for a bit as well). After that, I did miss the tricky hill climb, but got it the next two laps. Then, at about 11:40, when we got into a nice new section of single track I took a hard hit to the ribs from my handlebar trying to save a crash. Luckily, I just got the wind knocked out me and bruised up - and didn't break a rib. About 16:57 I thought I busted the tire off my rim. Luckily I didn't - but did find a huge dent in my rim after the race. I did get my camera angle fixed about 22:00.
I did say during the video that someone won an award for the most turns on a race course. If someone counts direction changes on this video of the first lap let me know. My guess is 326 on this 13 miles course(from start to 44:45). It could seem that there were more than normal because, of the dust, you could only gas and go for one little straight stretch at a time. I'll count myself and send out a give-away prize to whoever's count (submitted by 7/31/24) is closest to my count.
The 24 hour Challenge is next weekend. I'm running it solo this year. So, this was a good precursor in case it is a dry one again this year too. But I have some race prep to do this week for that one.
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