Here is a race report from Jason Fritzsche. I know I am a little late in posting it, but better late then never.
2nd stop of our 09 race season, the Greenbrier Challenge is a qualifier for the Nationals in July. My only preview of the course came from Josh's past recollections during the 3 hour drive. Three climbs, two of them significant, rock gardens, loose gravel rock, babyheads, blazing fast decents, technical muddy/rooty/rocky portion, hug the very edge of the lake shoreline, open field for recovery and onto the next lap. To sum it up, the best parts of Jim Thorpe all rolled into a 5 mile loop, true mountain biking. Sounded like my kind of course, I generally need those climbs to gain / gap other riders. Right from the start those hills started to break up the field. 1st, 2nd and 3rd broke off the front and I settled into the 4th, 5th, 6th group. I immediately began to see that our efforts were not enough to catch the lead pack and broke free shortly after the first climb. From that point on nothing really changed. Held onto to 4th, couldn't see anyone in front or back of me, suffered on the climbing, let it all go on the decents, remained smooth in the tech parts, and tried to keep the heat out of the rotation of thoughts. At the end of the day it was pure fun. Great course, podium finish, and a place in the singlespeed category at Nationals. Now accepting donations for airfare to Colorado.
Jason races in the Expert Single Speed class, designed our team jerseys and maintains his own blog. Check it out at http://www.dirtbaron.blogspot.com/
Updates from last weekends Michaux, H2H and Granogue races coming soon.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment