The Hell of the North saw the best weather in years. The temps were perfect and the dirt could not be any faster. Last year I almost hit my face on my bars, felt like my fork was going to break clean off, and flatted out early in the race. My goals this year were to finish and finish in a group. Mission accomplished. I wasn't strong enough to make a split that occurred early in the race, which was disappointing, but to be expected based on my pharmacy school induced 4hr/wk training diet. The rest of the race felt like a mellow group ride except for the last few kilometers; I was perfectly happy with this given my atrophied training.
I saw Peter and Andrew mixing it up in the Masters notching 8th and 15th respectively. Trent Watkins did RMCC proud with a 4th place in the cat 5s. We are looking forward to Trent moving up the ranks in the near future!
This weekend is the Tour of the Depot. I am committed to work and study but I hope to see the polka dot army charging hard. The following weekend is East Canyon. I'll see everyone there.
Cheers
Erik
