Sure, it’s been a minute since I posted last, but the taper week before a race is, well, boring. I had a “tune-up” of sorts scheduled for Wednesday, but I woke up feeling pretty off, so I called it and went for an easy ride that afternoon after work.<\/p>\n
Everything else leading up to race time went nice & smooth- Thursday, I got a jump on the 7.5 hour trip by leaving around noon to go to Nashville, where I rode the Montgomery Bell trail and crashed at Marsha’s house (I also dropped the geared A9C off with her so she could try her 1st 29er). Friday, I arrived a little early at the Hiker Hostel (favorite race lodging ever). After settling in, I went up to Montaluce Winery (new race headquarters) to pre-ride a little of the race start and pick up my number.<\/p>\n
Breakfast at the hostel was excellent as always.<\/p>\n
Unlike the last two years when the race began at Camp Wahsega (located at the base of the first major climb of the race), the start this year was from a winery located about 5 miles from the race loop. The race began with a 3.5 neutral rollout- nice for the singlespeeders since the majority of that section was rolling\/downhill.<\/p>\n
Time for another beer and some dinner…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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