23 mile point to point mtb race. It was a mass start on a dirt road for about a mile and a half followed by a right turn staight into single track where passing was really tough. I got a pretty good jump when they dropped the flag and halfway to the singletrack I hopped on a mini-grandstay train that got me past alot of dudes. Once I hit the woods the rest of the race was just going as hard as I could. I lost my waterbottle right away, that sucked. There were about 10 trees that blew down in a storm the night before the race so it was a little on the crossy side. The finish was 2 miles on a straight and flat old railroad bed. There was a group of 6 or so guys that had been yo-yoing in front of me the whole second half of the race, but my legs were toasted. Came home in 26th place. The beer and burgers post race were $$$.

cj