This race was held yesterday on Memorial Day in Draper, UT as part of the Intermountain Cup Series and this is my 5th race this year. I never did this race last year because I had to work that day. I never prerode it either so I was kind of nervous but not too nervous because a lot of people explained to me how it was going to be. There were a lot of people racing and a whole lot of spectators, I have never seen so many people at a local bike race before. It was great though and the day was beautiful. When I started, I had a really bad start, we were going on mostly singletrack at first of the race, maybe the first mile before getting on the 2.5 mile service road. I was like puttin' along because so many riders in front of me were going not so fast and I wanted to pass so badly but there was no room to pass at all. I think I lost maybe two minutes of my time. If I had a better start and got in front of the pack, I would have been all right but still there was the Sport Women and Clydesdale classes with a few slow riders. But all well, when I got to the major big service road, I passed people like crazy and it was nice but it would have been nice to get a better result and time.
The course was demanding and I loved it! It was in Corner Canyon near Draper and there were houses around all over at the bottom just like Park City and the top of the canyon had an excellent view with a view of the Draper Temple. I liked the singletrack trails and they were everywhere. They were fun and twisty in the oaks and maples. It was all about strength, style, and finesse.
I got 15th out of 24 riders in my class. A lot of people this time. There were 37 in the Sport 40+ class. Just what like I said, "the more, the merrier"!
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There were more people in Moab than I've ever seen before. Every camp site was full up Kane Creek road..then we went over Hurrah Pass and didn't see ANYONE for about 24 hours, then a couple of jeeps, a few mountain bikers etc...until we got to Indian Creek...people everywhere again. All the people we talked to were really friendly though..good trip. Looks like your race went well. It's important to have a few people there to uh..race against eh.
I guess, that's what make races fun, it's fun to have competition at these races and you can't have competition without people. But when I go just for a regular bike ride, I like it when there is no one at all. Riding down here in Ephraim is a good place to bike ride when you want to get away from the crowds, it's even nice when you stay on the bike trails during the holidays too. 4 wheelers can't fit on them, ha! ha! I like it to be one of the only mountain bike riders in Sanpete.
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