lap 1 at 3pm in the 4 spot. Prior laps by others: Paul blistered the opener leaving us 10th overall of 170. Mike and Rusty put in strong rides dropping us only to 30 on their combined performance which is better than we had hoped. Rusty despite riding a ton has neverr raced. WOW! what a place for an intro to racing!
Given my limited off roading and no racing I was given the four spot. Technical struggles but climbing well. I surprise evryone including myself moving us back up to 24 and posting the second fastest laps of our group. There is talk of myhaving sandbagged my way back to the four spot.
bike5:00 [1]
warm-up
bike (mtb) 1:06:00 [5]
lap 2. mucky lots of run with the bike. rules required my taking lights after 7:30 which were necessary in the last stretch. Killing myself to get back before its really dark.
pre-ride at snowshoe in the rain. lots of rain. lots of rocks and slick roots coupled with ~2000 vertical per lap. Hardcores only coming here now that there are so many other relay options.
Can't go out until company leaves around 5. Split a cable and housing early in to ride. One the LBS was just supposed to have replaced. No ability to do anything about it. Conf calls for work take the rest of the evening.