I was really hoping this race would be rained out, but it takes a heck of a lot to cancel a running event. As we arrived at the location, the sky opened up and let down with great fury… Unfortunately, not enough to even think about postponing. Luckily, it likely kept a lot of folks

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Absolutely terrible race. No good, awful, horrible, terrible. All on me; race organization and the other competitiors rocked. This was an early race; had me up at 6:15AM. Following what I’m dubbing the most stressful work-related week of my life, that’s not a good thing. I was tired, my brain hasn’t been hitting on all

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I guess it’s that time of year for mountain bike racing, eh? In Race #3 (my first in the series), I fared pretty well, but my day was marred by not knowing the course and having an early [light] spill that put me behind the pack. This time around, it was a different story. As

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Yes, another race. I think we’re at more than one per week since the beginning of June? I love it. This is yet another on the C&O Canal and from Fletcher’s Boathouse, but unlike the other similar races run this summer, it’s on the Capital Crescent Trail… paved (=fast)! It was likely some of the

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Went into this race [again] planning to take it easy, and I think I did a better job than the past two. It was a hot 4th of July this year, and the canal, as always, was humid as hell and a little bit muddy. Nothing to really note on the race itself. It’s a

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The running joke used to be that I only rode my mountain bike once a year and that was in a race. Sadly, it was always pretty close to the truth. Once out of college, my mountain biking went from a hobby to… well, just another bike to move with me as I changed homes.

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