Border Battle

Raced the Border Battle yesterday and died of heat exhaustion (heat index over 100F). Came back from the dead to type this blog update.

Course conditions were a repeat of last year. It rained the night before, so guess what? Mud. Not a lot of mud, but enough to cake your tires and slow you down.

Felt good, but was not going to cook myself. Not a stellar finish, but was enough to move up on points with the guy in the #5 spot. Results: 13/27 AG, 105/215 OA, Three laps at Whitetail Ridge in 1:27:44

WORS knows how to put on a race...

On a funny (for me) but shameful note, I probably did the worst passing job in my life at this race. At the end of the third lap I was hitting some lap traffic. I had just passed a group of 5 riders that I was racing against, and was trying to hold a gap. On a short climb I caught up to a women followed by a man. The women knew I was there and made some room. I passed on her right, but got boxed in by the guy and the trail. I had this great idea that I could bushwhack between 2 trees and swing in front of the guy. During my elegant pass I cut across the front of the women, split the two trees and cut into the guy resulting in him going off track. Nobody went off their bike, but I was probably seen as a giant a-hole. I apologized immediately, but I don't think they took my antics lightly. Oops.