All the usual fast cats were there.....Aaron Elwell, Garett Steinmetz and Travis Donn. These guys pretty much hand me my arse each time we line up, and yesterday was no different.
The race started tame enough, the boys let me jump the start and lead into the single track for the first couple of miles. Once it opened up a bit I let them motor on by and settled into a decent pace, which was 4th-5th until the end of lap 1.
About a 1/4 mile from the start/finish area I broke my chain. Close enough that I could run/coast to the end and make the repairs needed to get going again. I lost about 10 spots, but was able to hit it hard enough to get all those spots back by the end of lap 2. The nice thing with a singlespeed,not a lot to get in the way, plus it helps that I do get to wrench on bikes a bit during the week to keep the skills sharp.
Held it together fairly well on lap 3 and finished up just under 2 hrs, 5th O.A, 1st Cat.1 40-49. 1 more lap would have made for a real long day.
Looking forward to a couple good weeks of training leading into June. There's a couple races next month that are kind of big.
photos courtesy of Kenneth Rodriguez
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