Silver Rush 50.....finally got a win under the belt!
Well I don't have any pictures yet (lost camera over the weekend) but hopefully have a picture in the Leadville newspaper. Bummer on the camera but excitement to take a win in a race of this caliber. The start at 10,000 ft in the town of Leadville that has several relentless climbs to the 1/2-way point just to turn around and reverse them back. At several points the course was above treeline. The views amazing, from what I could take in through the altitude goggles that I had on from hammering.
Funny thing is I allowed myself to get dropped several times by the leaders (1st and 2nd place guys from last year) because I'm still running the 1x9 and couldn't grind out that hard on some of the steeps and realistically wasn't expecting to be doing that well. After a long hike-a-bike section after the turn-around, I made some ground coming over the high point. Once remounting to start the dh section, I never saw 2nd place again. I just continued to keep my pace, not take for granted riding smart, and was on the throttle the entire way back to the finish line.
I posted a 4:12 which more than beat last years winner and had almost 10 minutes or more on 2nd place (if I remember correctly, no online results posted yet).
Would like to say thanks to Ken and Merilee for putting on a great race and keeping a good mtb culture thriving!
It was a fun venue and even more fun when Heather and I went off to camp near the Collegiate Peaks and bagged 2 14ers on Sunday. Belford and Oxford after a 50 miler. Time for some recovery!
Well I don't have any pictures yet (lost camera over the weekend) but hopefully have a picture in the Leadville newspaper. Bummer on the camera but excitement to take a win in a race of this caliber. The start at 10,000 ft in the town of Leadville that has several relentless climbs to the 1/2-way point just to turn around and reverse them back. At several points the course was above treeline. The views amazing, from what I could take in through the altitude goggles that I had on from hammering.
Funny thing is I allowed myself to get dropped several times by the leaders (1st and 2nd place guys from last year) because I'm still running the 1x9 and couldn't grind out that hard on some of the steeps and realistically wasn't expecting to be doing that well. After a long hike-a-bike section after the turn-around, I made some ground coming over the high point. Once remounting to start the dh section, I never saw 2nd place again. I just continued to keep my pace, not take for granted riding smart, and was on the throttle the entire way back to the finish line.
I posted a 4:12 which more than beat last years winner and had almost 10 minutes or more on 2nd place (if I remember correctly, no online results posted yet).
Would like to say thanks to Ken and Merilee for putting on a great race and keeping a good mtb culture thriving!
It was a fun venue and even more fun when Heather and I went off to camp near the Collegiate Peaks and bagged 2 14ers on Sunday. Belford and Oxford after a 50 miler. Time for some recovery!
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