Fun time Saturday at the Thanks Given'er, a new race and venue--Camp Lutherwood on Lake Samish--for Ryan Rickerts' Cascade Cross series. Way-technical and way-fun course with hills, singletrack, sketchy bridges, a creek crossing, a Flyover, a muddy-stair run up and more. I pinch-flatted on lap two or three of my race (Master C's), but luckily, enough air stayed in my back tire than I was able to finish in 6th place.
Below are some pics from the morning races--C's, B's and youth. (I apologize for the pics being sorta dark and gray but that's November for ya'.)
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| Tom Fryer in the middle of the Master B race. |
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| The creek crossing by Lake Samish. |
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| Ryan Rickerts practicing on the Evil Stair Run Up. |
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| Things getting bunched up the first time up the hill. |
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| The Flyover and me. (Thanks to Todd Elsworth for this photo!) |
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| The slippery bridge I feared but that turned out to be fine. (Actually, it was the gap before the bridge that I feared.) |
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| Glenn Gervais starting to ride away from me. (He took 3rd. Also, he doesn't pronounce the 's' in Gervais, which I find interesting.) |
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| A wise Youth racer doesn't want to get wet. |
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| Singletrack. |
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| The downhill road bit. During the second half of my race, this section felt like I was riding on the rim. |
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| Craig Eubank chases Steve Work under the Flyover. |
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| Eric Stromerson and I share post-race bliss. |
Some awesome pictures.
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