Todd Well, and yes I am in the background.
Steve Tilford
Molly Cameron
Tim Johnson leading Troy Wells, Todd Wells, and Jonathan PageI raced on Saturday and again on Sunday, after originally planning to only race on Sunday so that I could rest. The course suited me very well because there was only one section of barriers so I could stay on my bike as much as possible and power through some stuff that people had to run. However, because I didn’t pre-register I had to line up in the last row for the start. This was the first time I have ever raced where they staged like this, usually it is first come - first serve for line-up. Anyway it was the absolute worst place to start a race because you get stuck behind everyone when the course gets twisty and you lose time trying to make up the gap. Which happened, and I wasn't really that happy, but there was nothing I could do. Saturday there were 60 guys in my field and 50 for Sunday. I finished 30th on Saturday and 20th on Sunday. I could have done better if I had a better start, but I’m not dwelling on that because I rode my brains out.
Sitting here this afternoon I am in a serious amount of PAIN. My hips and back are hurting pretty bad and I injured my left shoulder somehow, I didn’t crash so I’m not sure what happened. It is hurting pretty badly. That made for a fun ride to work this morning. Other than that I have a nice gash on my right quad from my brake cable catching my leg on a remount, but with all that I still had fun. It is almost the best time that I have had since I moved here. Watching the pro’s helped me a lot and I picked up some good ideas for racing this upcoming weekend, maybe. We’ll have to see how I recover this week.
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