Sunday, sunny and cool. Great conditions for a deep woods mountain bike race. The course at Mansfield was fast and sandy, coulds of billowing dust that creeped into your lungs as you huffed, only to have you hacking at the end while trying to share your ride with team mates. Right off the bat, a 500 meter climb spread out the pack for the single track at the top. A mid lap decent created a few white knuckles as you hoped to slow down enough on the sandy washboard to thread the needle between two mean maples at the bottom. A few technical ridge climbs and alot of twisty singletrack made for a fun season opener that reminded all how valuable momentum really is.
Parry Bell, racing in the Masrter Sport 30-39 men, spent 1hr47min20sec to cover the 28km course an average speed of 15.5km/hr, finishing in 32.
Edgars Apse, in the Master Expert 30-39, at an average speed of 19.9km/hr, took 1hr54min2sec to tear through the 38km course finishing just in the points in 21st place (just 10 minutes off the pace). This is his first time posting points on a season opener.
The XC Flyers will spend the next few days clearing their lungs in prep for OCUP 2 at Albion Hills on May 11th. Go Get Em Boys!!
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The best part of the race was the cheering i got from a fellow Dark Horse Flyer after my first lap!
Thanks for that!
-pary
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