Winter Park Cross-Country Super Loop

On July 8th, I participated in the 3rd race of the Winter Park series. The course was great, it was a gigantic loop on and next to the ski resort that was 15.7 miles long with lots of climbing and some fast descending. Here is a profile map of the course. All categories ran one loop, I lined up with the sport group again. It was lightly rainy the entire time and slightly chilly.

I ended up getting 3rd place this time, which I was very stoked about. I was only 3 minutes behind 2nd and 6 minutes behind 1st. I also beat the 4th place guy by less than 40 seconds! Complete results are here.

This ended up being my last mountain bike race of the year, but I really enjoyed it and am looking forward to next season.

Eldora Escape

On July 1st, I participated in my first Mountain States Cup mountain bike race. They take place throughout Colorado, New Mexico and sometimes Utah. This was a nice local one just up Boulder Canyon from my house.

The course was pretty hard, probably the hardest mtn bike race I've done. There was a really steep rocky singletrack uphill section, a steep, loose downhill section with several small drops and there were lots of muddy spots with several "puddles" (read lakes) that you had to ride through or around. There was also a very short steep climb that most people had to walk/run up. And we had to do 3 laps! Here is a map:

I ended up finishing in 5th place with a time of 1:47:11.80 which I was very please with. I was in 2nd place halfway into the first lap, but came out of my pedals on the steep climb and got passed by a few people. The complete results are here.

Kendra was kind enough to act as my water support and did a fantastic job! Love you, baby!