12hrs of Temecula???

Hah! was no where near us in Wrightwood...!
I know that has no drama . . . . but it's true.
I did get pummeled on the way home heading West on Highway 138 west od Lancaster. Hard rain but no lightning...
 
Hot and dry... Lap 5 damn near killed me. It was hot, and I cramped badly! I got 2 more laps after that, but I fought cramps the rest of the way... I think it's time to pull the plug!

As an aside, and a teaser... I think Herz would have approved of this course. It was mostly twisty single track!


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Great day out there, it was cloudly but as soon as we started @9am it was clear and sunny, the trail was nice and flowly,kind of crowded in the 2nd down, need to stop and walk the bike, since there were 5 peeps walking down, it was a good and easy down, but I didnt want to wait and got caugth with more guys coming behind me... nut some climbs were hard, and need to HaB along with others, and I tought we first timers were not going to get timed, so I took it nice and slowly, let a lot of the fast guys fly next to me, I even have time to take a couple pics, and you could hear the rattling from the tenants (rattlesnakes) all the way !! but in the end, on the results.... I was 10 out of 15... man !! and I was faster than 2 guys that finished 7 and 8. well next time I'll beat that 10th place for sure, hope you guys enjoy this few pics !!! [emoji57]

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SHort version....today was not a good day. Missed my goal by quite a bit.

Ended up with 8 laps.....RR to come tomorrow.
 
jaime said:
Great day out there, it was cloudly but as soon as we started @9am it was clear and sunny, the trail was nice and flowly,kind of crowded in the 2nd down, need to stop and walk the bike, since there were 5 peeps walking down, it was a good and easy down, but I didnt want to wait and got caugth with more guys coming behind me... nut some climbs were hard, and need to HaB along with others, and I tought we first timers were not going to get timed, so I took it nice and slowly, let a lot of the fast guys fly next to me, I even have time to take a couple pics, and you could hear the rattling from the tenants (rattlesnakes) all the way !! but in the end, on the results.... I was 10 out of 15... man !! and I was faster than 2 guys that finished 7 and 8. well next time I'll beat that 10th place for sure, hope you guys enjoy this few pics !!! [emoji57]
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Glad you made it! I may know that fat guy in your first pic. The one in the pinkish jersey with the gray shorts. :-)


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jaime said:
^^^ oh shitt... dude looks like a lady ! ("aerosmith" sorry couldnt resist !
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My wife assured me that the jersey was really a very masculine "salmon" color... And not flaming pink.
 
Faust29 said:
As an aside, and a teaser... I think Herz would have approved of this course. It was mostly twisty single track!
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Awww, thanks for bringing me into this thread. Twisty singletrack is great for riding, but can be frustrating for racing. Hard to pass someone. Mind you, I have never actually passed anybody in a race (and haven't raced XC since 1993), so I can only imagine.
 
It was my second visit to Vail lake.
This time I was part of a 4 man team. I managed to finish 4 laps. Averaged about 45 min per lap.
The team completed 16 laps. I truly enjoined the social aspect of team racing.
Next time I'll camp on site (both nights). The 5am -11pm day was too long for me.
 
Next time I'll camp on site (both nights). The 5am -11pm day was too long for me.[/quote]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I second that.
 
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