Photo By: Cale
A 5:30 AM wake-up call on a race day is the last thing I really wanted, but I knew it was an inevitability.  Cale and I had everything organized the night before, so it was meerly packing the car and taking off.  So, we were off.  A quick 40 minute drive and we were hanging out under the pop-up Gunner already had up.  Cale and I registered, both for the day and for the series.  Pre-race meeting and we decide I will do the Lamond start and the first lap.  A shouted go, 50 yards of running, and a 19 1/2 minute five mile lap later, I am rolling through the start line giving Cale a high five.  I was not the first one into the single track, but I was the first one out.  It was an all out sprint for me for that first lap, but i turned the fastest time of the day.  Cale did his lap in good time and I did another sub-20 minute lap.  Cale went out for one more before we started doing 2 laps a piece before switching off.
We started the race strong and in first. That is how it went for the entire day.  I pulled a few sub 20 minute laps.  It was good.  Fast and flowing.  I have put this off too long for it to really be relevant anymore.
We both rode about 80 miles in the 12 hour time limit.  I fell a few times, but nothing major.  Lost both my water bottle due to shitty cages.....we won, thats really all, except that it was a blast!