Clemson Cruisin'

These Guys provide me with all the equipment and support so.........

I can get up here at the end of the race using..............

The training and discipline I learned here

Well it was another fun weekend of MTB racing this time up in Clemson, SC. This weekend was the GSC make-up/SERC #6 race with a ITT on Saturday evening. Unfortunately it looks like we lost one of the top competitors in our class Francisco Alba to a back injury - hopefully he can come back before the end of the season. The TT was a good preview of the more difficult sections of the trail with some good climbs and technical areas involved in the course. Race Day was great with good weather and the course was in perfect condition. We had our usual consistent group size with Francisco there to cheer us on and try to motivate me to beat Gary who is the fastest out of our group (right now). We got a good start and a few seconds on Gary when he started turning at the wrong spot on the course, however being the good sports we are we hollered back at him not to turn as we kept going(we will take any advantage we can get!). Anyway we hit the second hill and that was pretty much all he needed to take the lead, I dogged him all the way to the end but just couldn't quite get there to catch him. I will have another chance this weekend at Rock Hawk so we will see if I can use some of the single track to my advantage. I am going to stick with the same training plan this week since I am racing back to back weekends for the past three weeks and try to keep myself fresh without burning out. So if your out at Thomson on Wednesday or out at Rock Hawk this weekend I Will See You on the Trail!