This past Sunday was my first race of the 2008 season and I chose to compete in the TBF Racing Mountain Bike Kickstart in the Granite Bay area. I entered the "sport" division and I managed to place 5th in my age group which was pretty stellar in my book. The results are here.
The race was just balls out as I spent just over 95% of the race above my anaerobic threshold. You can follow my ride here from my GPS watch which includes heart rate, speed and distance.
The course itself was pretty straightforward with minimal technical challenges. The weather was cold and a bit damp which helped with the traction on the trails. I took the opportunity to try out some semi-slick tires and I will not be doing that again. I use more brute force than finesse around the corners and I was pushing my front end too hard for the tires to grab. Lesson learned - they work great for fire roads but not anything more difficult than that.
I tried out my new video camera by mounting on the handlebars and that did not work out very well. Lots of scrambled video and garbled sound. It presented better/smoother video when I was riding down smooth trails so next time I will try mounting it to my helmet and see if that provides better results.
All in all, a great day.
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