Not much to say about this race. I wasn't expecting a lot this year even though I did pretty weel here last year. I had my hardest back to back training days of the year on Wednesday and Thursday, and was feeling it on Friday. Rested on Friday and hung out on the lake with my Family most of the day Saturday. I prerode the course on Saturday and didn't really like the course changes. I had a really nice long warmup and felt pretty good at the start, so I must have recovered somewhat. The start for my wave was pretty chill. I just grabbed a wheel and stuck on it. He stayed up front for the first couple of corners then I jumped on two other guys that were making a move. I felt pretty good riding with them and the three of us got a gap going into the singletrack. We hit the first singletrack climb and they gapped me. Still too fat I guess. So I mostly rode by myself the first lap. Had one washout on the first lap and banged my knee and lost my Bottle. Luckily my Lovely Wife Christi was ther to do a great job with the handups. The rain and small hail started the second lap, something I usually enjoy other than wrecking my bike. I feel like I usually do well in a mud race. This time the rain washed all my sweat into my eyes. I rode for half a lap with my eyes burning and hardly able to see. I ended up stopping and washing my eyes out with water at the second station. The third lap went better for me as I felt more comfortable on the new course and the corners were tacky. I ended up 3rd in age and 22nd overall, so not terrible. My Teammates on the Elite side of things were really tearing it up. With Jusin finishing 5th overall and Ben in 8th. I don't think we could have gotten a better weekend even with the storms. See ya outside...
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