Great course, great people and a great cause. All the proceeds are donated to the school. I presented this concept to a few school in my area and they all turned me down. I don't understand it. Don't schools have a lack of funding, yet they don't want money. I don't get it. But White Hill School in Fairfax gets it. Fast, hard course with a good run up, followed by a quick fast downhill, lots of technical cornering and riding through the halls of the school = lots of places to crash and get seriously hurt.
I wasn't sure how the legs were going to react. I felt a little slow during warm ups. I just needed to be in the top 5 at the first corner because it really narrows after that. Fast start in the Master's 35+ A's race. I got the hole shot and then slipped back to 2nd by the second turn. Perfect. Buy Cell.com Aaron Welcher took the lead and really started to pour it on. I dug deep and caught him at the single track. Not a lot of places to pass in this course, so I had to stay close to him. I noticed that he was slowing down in the single track sections. Not sure why, but I kept note of it. I also noticed that he shouldered his bike up the hill. I am not a fan of shouldering the bike if you can get away with pushing the bike. One extra step that you can get ride of. I was able to seek by him a couple times by pushing my bike up the hill. Hmmmm....might have to use that later in the race.
We slugged it out the entire race. On the final lap I passed him on the uphill and never looked back. I poured it on in the uphill riding section along the street and rolled into the finish line in first place. At first the officials said I had one more lap, so I started to go again and then they said stop. Missed my celebration. It was nice to get my first win in a couple years. In fact, first win in the Master's A's. I hope to keep this good form going for the rest of the season.
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