Race Report Oth #3

Had a blast at OTH today! I did get whooped up on but as a first ever race experience It was awesome!!!!!:bang:

 

So that's where that goes Thanks man!

 

Ive missed the last 2 but next week ill be in fo sho

 

My race sucked, and I was worse! lol!!! DFL, nuff said.

 

Wrong choice of bike this week??

 

it was fun hanging out with everyone again! our camp is getting pretty big, definitely digging it


lets see those pics you guys all took !

 

Ya no one started one before you posted, but there will be plenty others posting on their race experience so it may as will be your post that kicks it of.

 

Hey I got 5th!!! 5th from last!!:beer:

 

I finally got in the single digits!!! 9th place in Sport 1. I don't care if it's in part by people moving up :lol: I'm psyched regardless

 

HA!!! No... that wasn't it, I just didn't have the bike prepared correctly, or myself.. but I still had fun. I finished my 3.5 laps, that's about all I can say.

 

Fun evening with a gnarly climb. Not a complaint, but a suggestion; if you know you are going to HAB the steeps up at the foot of the hill, please allow riders to pass in the middle by merging left or right. Remember, when you are off your bike, you are twice as wide. I had such a hard time manuvering trying to maintain traction on THAT climb swerving through hikers (it was a goal of mine to clean all of those climbs). Again, NOT a complaint! If this is the worst of it, i'm in pretty good shape!

BTW-What is the proper etiquete when dealing with this situation? It just seems to be the right thing to do. I'm by no means "fast". Truth be told, after THAT climb, my HR was through the roof and I had to slow down!

 

First mud, then sand, then "that" climb.....I wonder what's next....a swim?

 

lullzz!! i'd have to get off and walk my bike accross that!.....wait wut?

 

Great job out there everyone! Quite a few of you are moving up thru the ranks!!:clap: Well done! Thanks Dino and Thomas for cheering/supporting out there!!!:wave: A bit more smack-talk out of Thomas this week, made me laugh.. I had a hard time getting my legs to do what they were supposed to do, which I expected tonight. I had a strategy though, start out dead last, and start working my way up (if I could) without blowing my legs out. It worked out alright.
I enjoyed the course tonight, although, did anyone else have a rough time keeping track of what lap/half-a-lap they were on? They did that a few times last year, and I remember being confused, but tonight I started panicking, and had to watch the Beginner's class finish to know how many more I had to go.:lol:

 

The climbs were an added feature that actually helped me and the fast descending.. whats up with the expert class trying to get you to move or get out of there way when you are trying to pass another rider as well. anyone have any advice on what or how you handle that situation?

That was very confusing I had to ask about 5 of the guys with flags questions wich was hard since your riding past them , i almost went fora 4th lap before i realized i was done.. but the climbs i really enjoyed i'm a strong climber , wasn't to happy with all the bottle necks at the steep climbs and at the sand pits and the bridge...

 

There seemed to be a few issues out there with some of the Experts. Some are really respectful and nice, and some are.... well, the opposite. I believe someone talked to the race director about it. I'm sure there's only so much he can do though. It seems to be inevitable. At least all the cool racers out there far out-weigh the negative ones!

Congrats, by the way on finishing 1st tonight!!

 

Did thomas take more pictures? anyone got any links to some photos of today?

 

Okay, second OTH race in the books for me, and had a another awesome time. Big thanks to the OTH crew for putting on a fantastic event. I am really starting to look forward to this each week. Really exciting to see so many riders out there racing on a week night. Brought the family along this time, and my 8yr old daughter is already looking forward to giving the kid's race a shot. She's usually really shy about this kind of stuff, so really stoked on this!

I really liked last week's course, but this one was really fun as well. Like most out there, I had issues with the HAB climb. Cleaned it only once, but that was only when there was no traffic at the bottom. Alot of people seemed to lose traction and momentum at the bottom, hence the bottleneck. All part of racing so it's all good!

(Raises hand high) Being the inexperienced racing noob that I am, I went past the finish line on the last lap and toward the parking lot when I noticed that there was nobody in front or behind me, lol. I turned around, asked a couple riders along the side about what lap everyone was on (which was a stupid question to ask a bystander, by the way), but got a shrug and a blank stare, so I slowly backtracked toward the finish exit and was finally able to confirm that I was done, albeit a couple minutes late. So, note to self for next time: Make sure to keep track of what lap you're on!

 

keeping track of how many full laps was a piece of cake its the half lap thing that made it confusing...