Shiloh's Blog – July 2012 Archive (2)

Another fun local race. It is a bit of a shame that it didn't bring out more riders.  Although the cat 1 class had some of the regular strong riders, the rest of the field seemed to be lacking.

I started this race wondering if I had fully recovered from last week's TS 100. I had done a few rides since, none more than about an hour and a half, so I wasn't sure how I was gonna feel.

Off the start line and into the first section of dirt I settled into fifth place. By the time I…

So I decided to do it again, 100 miles from Soda Springs to Auburn.  Sizing up the competition on the start line, I thought, looks like I should be able to make the top ten. Then Tinker Juarez rolled up and I thought, well I'll be happy with a top 20 finish. Thankfully, Tinker didn't attract a large crew of pro endurance racers.  It actually seemed as though there were fewer pros this year.  Oh well if you can't run with the big dogs, you better stay on the porch, right?  There was no point…