On Saturday, I started my mountain bike racing season at the River Trails MTB Race in Lawrence, Kansas. The race was held at Riverfront Park on the banks of the Kansas River. The race course was a tight, twisty 4.7 mile loop. It was mostly flat with lots of short, steep climbs and descents. It was so smooth that one racer rode his cyclocross bike. My race started at 10 with one other racer in the Junior men category; we were started with the two Junior women racers. After a short, grassy field, I entered the singletrack fourth. Within a mile, I had passed the two junior women and started to chase down the other rider in my class. Around two miles in, I caught him. In a field, I passed him and a racer in one of the beginner classes. We rode together for the rest of the first lap behind another racer. At the end of the first lap, I passed two racers ahead of me in the field at the finishing area. About a mile into the second lap, I couldn't see the other racer in my class anymore. For the rest of the race, I just kept riding at a pretty fast pace. I was passing quite a few other beginner racers. One exciting moment came when I rode around a corner pretty fast and found a three foot long black snake slithering across the trail. I came up on it so suddently that I just ran it over. I finished the race in about 44 minutes and got first in my category. I beat the other rider in my class by 1 minute and 45 seconds. For the race, I biked 9.4 miles and averaged about 13 mph. After I picked up my medal, we headed to downtown Lawrence, KS to eat lunch at Wheatfields Bakery.
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AuthorMy name is Ben. I love to read, hike, backpack, mountain bike, rock climb, and mountain bike race. Since there are so many great hikes in Missouri, I decided to make a website to describe them. The Mountain BikeI ride a 2010 Specialized Rockhopper Expert 29er. I've upgraded all the original parts, went 1x9 and dropped 5lbs from the stock bike.
My Road BikeI have Willier Izoard for road riding and racing.
My CX BikeI ride a 2010 Specialized Tricross
2010 Race ResultsRiver Trails Mountain Bike Challenge (Kansas)
1st Junior 15-18 Tilles Park Crit 5th Juniors 10-18 Delmarvelous Crit 5th Juniors 15-18 Greensfelder Challenge 1st Juniors 15-18 Rhett's Run 2nd Juniors 15-18 2009 Mtb. Race Results
ICCC Castlewood Race 5th Beginner 19 and under Greensfelder Classic 5th Beginner 19 and under Burning at the Bluff 3rd in Burnin Virgins Category Archives
January 2012
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