My First Solo 24hr Mountain Bike Race
Quick run through for those that don't want to read the play by play: 10 laps completed Distance Travelled: 149.1 miles Elevation Gain: 13600 ft Class place: 6/28 Overall Men's Solo Class place : 22/49 (included those going for the national championships) Overall place: 283/365 (I beat 82 teams, 60 of them were multi person!) This first picture links to an album with a few more than shown here. From 24hrs of Moab Lap 1: So the race started out with a 300ish yard run down a field and around a bush. I haven’t run more than 100 yards since 2004, so that was fun. Especially when it got so ridiculously dusty I could hardly breathe for the trip back. I took it pretty easy and got back to my bike somewhere in the front of the back third of the riders. Instead of the singletrack in the beginning we were routed onto the road for about 2 miles of steady climbing. I rode a very comfortable pace and kept my place in the pack. After this the trail turned steeper and had some technical l...