it’s good to be back to the Nationals!
A quick weekend recap here before our transfer from Windham, NY to Mt Snow, VT… The weekend was a blast and put together a couple of good races. Yesterday was a little frustrating as I finished 31st in the STXC after being as high as top 20 midway through. Chasing around Jesse and Marko was all the motivation I needed to get myself up there, but after several laps there the engine got to be running a little bit too hot. Backing off the pace is never that much fun but it was good while it lasted! After the short track Bender, Jesse, Marko, and I climbed all of the steepest pavement within a 30 mile radius of Windham as we did a sizable road ride. None of us fully intended for ride, but that’s what made it great. Rabid dogs, tainted water and the ever-present town of Jewitt haunted our journey of 40+ miles.
Saturday’s XC was four laps of a 26ish minute course. Twenty minutes of tough climbing, broken up with some short descents along the way, was followed by a ripping fast six minute descent. The course was fun to ride and I found a good rhythm on race day. Lap one was alright, lap two was a lot of suffering but I stuck it out to come around nicely for laps three and four. I slowly worked my way through the field to finish 26th. Steady pacing paid off and the result is one of my personal bests. I know that I’ve got more in me so hopefully I’ll get another good one at Mt Snow.
More to come from the next stop… -TJ
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