The trails (at Perrineville) are looking great @pooriggy ! I rode there yesterday afternoon for the first time in a while and the connector is a game changer! Thank you! Such a fun ride, I will be back again soon for sure!
Agreed, it is a size medium long but for some more context I'm 5'10" 165lbs. IIRC on the short side for the long so if you're much shorter than me probably wouldn't work.
Kept thinking I'd race an Xterra but I think my Tri days are well behind me. And I've been hanging onto this for far too long. It's older and in ok condition. Probably used less than a dozen times and most of the wear is from storage. Maybe someone in here is testing the water in triathlon and...
Forgot to mention, I hung out to watch and cheer for the other categories race. The few mud holes on course were definitely not getting any better with time and those Cat1 and Pro fields managed to put down some spectacular lap times despite the worsening conditions!
The weather was fantastic and it was a great day to be racing bikes in the woods.
Both endurance groups started together in one big blob so I went fairly hard at the start just to be up towards the front of the pack. I was having a really strong second lap up until I clipped a small stump and...
Since you've done endurance, any intel you can offer on the start pace?
Mostly asking so I can decide how hard to warmup. If I'm going to have to really punch it to get into the singletrack near the pointy end, I want to warmup properly. But if it'll be a chiller effort start, I don't see any...
Less is more endurance?
IDK, sounded like the more appealing option of the early morning starts ,I figured 4 hours might dig a deep hole, and I've never done an endurance race so it seemed fair to try novice.
I was torn between doing that or the cat1 with @jShort if that race weren't so late...