Singletrack Cycles West Side Mt. Bike Series

Two races so far, nothing big but a little local series that puts you in the racing mood.
My first race was at soaring Eagle Park which is down the street from my house therefore my home turf. The trails were extremely wet and amazingly slippery. I started about 12 riders back because it was my first race of the season and I had only had the bike, my new Cannondale flash ultimate for 6 days. I quickly realized that I was in good shape and the pace was not to strong so I started to pass some riders, by the end of the first lap I was in front with Toby Swanson and Nolan Brady. Nolan took the lead right as we started the second lap and pretty quickly started to put a gap on Toby and I. I did not want to blow up and decided to keep the same pace Toby behind me assured me that we would see him again later, in the back of my head I thought “Ya, when he will lap us…” Laps two and three were pretty mellow a little bit of chatting with Toby a little bit of passing slower riders (single speed that started 5min ahead of us) At the start of lap four I caught a glimpse of Nolan up ahead on the trail and for the rest of the lap I put the pedal to the metal and slowly pulled him back. About a quarter mile to go, Nolan in front, me in second and Toby closing the rear, chatting time was over we were breathing hard and we all knew that now every little mistake we were going to make will cost us the race. Battling for first place, the pace was too high for me to pass, so I decided to stick to Nolan’s rear wheel until the straight away to the finish. When it came to the sprint men that kid is fast, Nolan who is I believe 16 years old, got a lilt head start on me coming off the single track trails, but I pushed as hard as I could go around his rear wheel we were neck and neck when we crossed the line, so close that we did not even know who won. It was not until the result came out that I found out I was in second by 0.4 of a second, Toby finished third a couple seconds behind. Great way to start the racing season, finishing right up there with the local heroes.

Results here