For the ones that really were out there giving it there all was the solos. Not that the teams were not giving it there all but it is a different level to be a solo, from someone that has done a few solo's. On the men's side was personal friend Luke Wiens, and James Koch. Those two had a race going from the start and it was awesome to watch. Luke has more experience and proved that he has been training for these for a long time now. Luke finished 2nd to Ben Bostrum, who race in my event last weekend, with a super strong last 3 laps! Luke and James finished with 11 laps each and James finished in forth in his first 12 solo!! AWESOME work gentlemen!! I was definitly impressed with your performances.
Now on to the womens pro/expert side of things. Let me tell you from the start that this was the battle of the day!!! Allison and Shalyn both took this from wire to wire with several lead changes. They both were pushing each other so much that they ended up passing ALL of the Pro womens field and finishing just 1 lap off of the top male solos! It was so cool to be able to help out a little and watch them pushing so hard to make it to 10 laps!!!! I was and still am blown away by the performances that it took for these two to take the TOP 2 spots on the PRO podium. That was amazing to watch these races unfold throughout the day! Awesome work ladies!!!!!!!!
To top it all off this was no easy race or course as it was perhaps the most challenging course I have EVER seen in an endurance event!
All in all it was a great weekend and I am proud to be a part of it in the smallest of ways!
Congrats to all that competed, regardless of how the results shake out!
The heat was brought today by all!!!!
3 comments:
thanks for your help and support bro! always good to have an experienced athlete in your corner!
thanks for hanging out robert! i had fun talking with you during the day.
it was amazing to watch allison and shalyn battle all day. i have to admit that the deciding factor in the race was shalyn's change of clothes before lap 7. that gave allison a chance to take the lead despite crashing 4 times in the race. the end of the race would have been MUCH closer if she hadn't changed.
they both showed that they are incredible riders. i honestly didn't think they could maintain that pace all day!
the guys were sickeningly fast. i don't have any idea how they kept that up.
all these inspiring efforts make being a pit beesh much harder. it makes me want to be racing too!
Thanks for the cheers throughout the day!
-Allison
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