Fair Hill mountain bike race 2010

First race report of the year… even though I feel race reports are cries for attention they are still more interesting than me taking about melting snow or anytime I am not riding by myself (my main focus on this blog for the past several months)

First race of the year…

Fair Hill
April 11th 2010
Mid Atlantic Super series

I had long wait till the start of the race… I thought the race was at 10 so I showed up @ 8:30… But the race wasn’t till 12:30.... This gave me plenty of time to meditate and find my inner chi before the race.

The race was fast and windy… There were 30 riders (my guess) in my category (pro-open)… it was chaotic in the beginning… Tires were rubbing and riders were cutting each other off for position... But once that was over it was a fun race… It wasn’t too bumpy so you could really concentrate on leaning deep into corners and ripping through sections with no worries.

I came in 8th I think (that is what I was told by a woman @ the finish)and team mate Aaron Snyder won!!!

P.S. I forgot my camera but if I get my hands on any pics others took I will post them.

greenbrier pre ride

Rode over at greenbrier with Anna, Jeff and Amanda in preparation for the upcoming race that is going to be held there.


its not a very technical course and doesn’t have many sections that stand out as being interesting but what it dose have is an awesome lake for swimming in after rides… I will be taking advantage of this… especially in the hotter summer months.

weekend update

Rode with some singlespeed outlaws and company on Saturday … the trails (in the watershed) are clear of snow and mud…but there was some pretty heavy erosion and downed tree limbs caused by the harder than average winter.

Did some trail maintenance on Sunday… counted tord free registration at the greenbrier state park xc race!!!

Rain

its been raining pretty much all weekend... it let off for a bit so i went for a ride with Joe.

the water level of rivers and streams were way higher than normal... even though i think the snow is gone up @ the watershed with all this rain it will still be a little while before the trails are dry enough to ride...

fork, Snow melt update

New fork… James over @ Bike Doctor helped me install it…thanks.

Snow melt update

rolling ride, ramming rottweiler

Joe Whitehair showed me around some rolling back roads... some pretty scenery…farms, small bridges, & quarries …
there is a giant quarry in there through the branches...

I was expecting it to be a pretty easy ride because Joe rides a fixed gear…but not really… my legs are pretty sore right now.

During the ride I was rammed by an adult Rottweiler coming @ me full speed!!! … the impact made the rear of my bike skid out a few inches… I’m glad it decided not to take a bite of my leg.

Unlike my last scary animal incident with wolfs (or something that looked like wolfs) I have a witness this time… so people might believe me.

ride and snow update

did a ride with Amanda, Jeff and Anna…

the Washington monument park … home of the other Washington monument (not the one you are thinking of).

my sweet new Optic Nerve shades...

melting update … trial head @ the watershed again … still pretty deep