thescrawnycyclist

Speed was the name of the game for the 6th installment of the Liberty! Bicycles 12-mile series. Attendance was down slightly so there was less kerfuffle at the start. The trails were very grippy and fast. I had a lot of challengers to keep me motivated and alert.

At the start I found myself in a train of 4 or 5 others with gaps ahead and behind, so the first section of singletrack was super fast. The train got split up with the stronger/more skilled riders opening up a gap and I found myself behind one other rider, and nobody behind me. He was good but seemed to struggle a bit on the power sections, so in the park I dropped the hammer and overtook him. Shortly after I caught up to Scott N., who was awesome to follow through the singletrack. I may have put a little bit too much pressure on him though, as he was dry-heaving on the final singletrack section :)

I put in a dig after exiting the singletrack to see if I could drop the 4 others that were now with me, but they weren't having any of my shenanigans and stuck to my wheel. None of them were in my age cat. so I didn't bother too much with a sprint finish....or in reality I just can't sprint. ;)

Waiting on results, but it felt like I was drilling it for the most part so it should be very fast and seal my podium spot in the 20-29 age category!

Update: Results are in, 18th with a time of 42:02. The times keep getting faster.