So I decided to try my luck with another mountain bike race. Last one was Baker's Dozen and that was pretty much last time on a mountain bike.
It was very very hot so it was important to drink lots of fluid. I continually did that all day so not too many issues there.
Here you can see how hot everyone is!
This was a great race that EX2 put on. Everything went really well except for my first lap. The race started off with a run so having running in my background it was easy to get to the front:) Entered the woods in 2nd place and immediately during the first steep climb I snapped my chain in half! So pulled off and asked bikers as they went by for a chain tool. Luckily one of my buddies Chirs Harshman had the tool for it. Now I just needed a master link from someone and some help putting it on. Ryan, mechanic from Princeton Sports, stopped and helped me out.
Ryan and I riding together at end of first lap
He Saved me, Thank you Ryan!!!Someone gave me a master link so we were set and back on the bike! Only 3 miles later the crank falls off on the left side. We found the bolt and were able to tighten so it did not fall off anymore:) After this no more mechanically problems and started to really move.
I ended in 3rd place in my division(singlespeed solo) with 7 laps completed. I was very happy after I left since at bakers dozen I ended up in the hospital!
Results
Adam on the podium accepting 3rd place!
So big improvement:) It was about 11 miles per lap. Each lap consisted of about 2,000 feet of climbing. Only other issue I had was around lap 6 and 7 my hamstrings started to cramp up a little. These hills were VERY steep and forced most riders to walk a lot. This was NOT no bakers dozen course:)
Thanks Princeton Sports for the nice tents! I enjoyed hanging out with everyone! A big thanks to Ryan's parents(took the pictures) and made some amazing sandwichs:)
Laura helping me fix my seat post that kept falling down.
Picture of whole crew! Thanks EX2 for a great race!
Adam
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