I was surprised by the turnout. they combine 35/45/55s all together in a field of about 100 guys. i opted for a short warmup and and a good start position. the gun went off and it was a drag race uphill grass into the many spirals of pain. i rocked the hole-shot for 50 yards and then faded about 20 deep. the lack of a good warmup hurt me a little, but i knew the legs would open up. the climbs were key..i attacked everyone and started realing in guys lap after lap and ended up around 10th or so and in no mans land. but kept the gas on and slowly realed guys and caught up with a guy who i could work with. we traded pulls for 4 laps and i could see what i thought was the lead group…we got in range and i took a monster pull and dropped him and caught the group. my goal was to catch these guys and sit and recover, but once i caught them we hit a climb and i threw in an attack and shattered them. 1 guy came with, but on the next climb i popped him. 2 laps to go and i have never ridden tha hard all year to keep them off…..1 la to go and i had a good gap…as i rolled in, 1 guy was off the front..apparently some hotshot that wins all the 35+ races and double dips in the open race…i was stoked on the 2nd place

I found out that 1st place was Charlie Storm… a legend..Some National Champion guy