Here’s a quick recap of the xc event here at Brian Head. A noon start had us out there under clear skies with temps in the sixties making for perfect conditions after yesterday’s afternoon storms.

Up the first climb I rode on the wheel of none other than Steve Larson, former Norba champ. We had a pretty good tempo to the top but I had to get by him shortly into the descent as his triathlon skills had him going no where fast once the going got gnarly. The climbs treated me well and I was able to settle into a good rhythm and finished 36th. This was a satisfying race, especially since I was feeling relatively good out there above 10,000 feet. This is almost enough accomplishment in and of itself! The course was longer with some added singletrack that we did not use last year. My time remained the same, while the winning time was about five minutes slower this time so there has surely been a noticeable improvement in my racing from a year to go. Little gauges like that can always be reassuring.

Tomorrow is the short track of course, so we’ll see if I can make it the full duration this time… Chloe pulled out a huge ride today and finished in the top ten, riding with Sue Haywood for a majority of the day. So all is going well in the thin air so far. I’ll try to get a post online with a short track recap tomorrow or sometime soon after. All dependant upon finding a good internet connection of course… Keeping it real here in Utah, TJ