Beautifull day very festive atmosphere, a lot of costumes, some very original, a lot of just dudes dressed like chicks! The course was pretty sweet very fast, they had us weaving in and out of three horse barns, over some real lumpy bumpy grass, and back into the main horse arena, they even had a pretty sweet little jump set up on the down hill and a few of the single speeders were hittin it, team Beer and tireless velo, were on course giving out beer hand ups! thanks I was a little parched!

I had a great start into the arena but there was a jam up so I got off and ran it passing quite a few riders, a few others joined me and we were off to the down then uphill out and back, I could feel my lungs just burning, and having a hard time breathing(bronchitis) but I climbed up the steep grass hill and into the barns out and around, by the fourth lap I was feeling better and seemed to be breathing better and started passing people, I really picked it up on the last lap, but I was passed by a Christmas tree out of no where I tried to reel him in but he was off like a rocket I don`t know where he came from! I ended up 40th,  getting faster  , can`t wait until I feel better, I think I can be top 20!  

A very touching part of the day was the silent lap for the crussader that we lost last week, it made myself and those around me,  think about how important you are to your friends and loved ones.

Guy Smith, Ride On!