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- Erik and I arrive on Fri afternoon
- I meet up with Liane and we decide to pre-ride together
- We walk A LOT! Stupid rocks
- Stupid climb at the end
- Sweet downhill after the stupid clim
- Total pre-ride ~1:40
- Hoped for a cool tshirt or something for this race - with a name like Hedgehog Hustle. Nope - a mini cooler and a water bottle with a thought bubble coming out the cyclists butt
- Off I go at 8:49 - amazingly I keep people behind me!
- Stupid ATV road that is just rocky and climbs for miles
- Get to the first downhill section that I walked yesterday and decide I can ride it today
- Start to go down, try to avoid a rock in the middle of the trail by going right (left goes off into cacti and brush); hit loose rocks and bike slides, I try to put my foot down and it slides. I try to grab the rock to my side and it just crumbles. I ripped my shorts. :-(
- Try to catch my breath. Everyone else behind me passes me.
- Hike up the next section
- Another girl catches me at the next downhill and we trade off riding and walking (ride 20 ft, walk 100 ft...)
- She finally passes me, so do lots of marathoners. Damn those fast people
- I walk some more, ride a little bit
- Passed a girl who seriously injured herself - they airlifted her out later
- Finally got to that evil climb - didn't even use my granny gear!
- Enjoyed the downhill section for the most part
- Let myself pick up a lot of speed coming into the finish
- Total time ~ 1:45
- Place - 8/8
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