Today was the "time trial" at Nipika, which really was a 3 hour XC race. Seemed like a great way to serve the TransRockies paying customers as everyone in the mid pack got to enjoy the Nipika single track with less breakfast lines, less shower lines, and less bunching up out on trail.
The course was a good mountain bikers course, plenty of technical single track, plus the amazing canyon views.
I tried to turn down the suck and slow Craig down as little as I could, and likewise he tried to speed me up as much as he could. Worked well, we had a solid day that we felt good about.
Pat and Geoff won the 40+ mens, and not only that but they actually finished first too which looked good coming across the line, as they started behind some others.
Mical rode for the first time, good to see her in biking gear and looking more alive. I certainly didn't have what she had... but I know that being around, or trying to bike race when ill isn't all that fun. They rode far back in the pack, so I'm hearing all kinds of stories from "gorby's" who saw "some girl take this hairy descent at full speed, it was crazy". Nipika had a lot of great downhill bits to seperate the walkers from the riders.
Michelle and Tim did their first podium appearance in #3, which was cool to see. They seemed to be pretty happy.
It was nice having a lower volume day and being in one spot to relax more. The live one man band was awesome.
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