Crystal Lake Classic WORS #2

I managed to pull out my best overall finish in my second year as an elite racer with a 10th overall!

With the Rasta Rally the weekend before, I got to know the course pretty good. Although it wasn't the same exact course, most of the trails are the same style.

The course was in perfect condition to start, everything was working out in my favor in the race. Except during warm-up when Jesse Shoemaker and I went into some single track and I cut my tubless tire, we tried to give it air but it wouldn't hold. Thankfully Al Jozwiak from Bikes-n-Boards was nearby and had a spare tube.

The lead out was a long section of gravel two track with a bunch of sharp corners which cause a yo yo effect. I managed to stay pretty close to the front without getting to close to the front, knowing that I shouldn't go out to hard. I think I was sitting in 12th or so on the first lap and hung in pretty good, sharing pulls with a group of 5 or so guys. I had some pretty good climbing legs and hit the hills pretty hard, this got me up to 8th or 9th going into the 3rd lap. The start of the 4th lap the weather turned. Lighting, thunder the first half and the rain hit the last 1/4 which is the slickest part of the course. I was riding with caution, I couldn't let myself crash and screw it up... two guys ended up passing my that last lap.

It was a good feeling to cross the line in the top ten.

Thanks Scott Cole for letting me use your Fork for the weekend!