6 Hour Kirkwood Super DXC

Last year the contestants were all bummed out about how much pedaling there was and that I was able to win by choosing to not ride the first chair and pedal up to the second chair instead.

They must be really upset about this years race then.  It was much harder with even more pedaling.

I got off to a good start on the pavement and could have holeshotted the first chair, but having never ridden the course I did not want to lead the first lap.  I had seen the helmet cam footage of the track and knew it wasn't super simple

So I took second chair with Curtis Beavers in front of me and John Morrison behind me.  They both went ahead on the first lap and I never saw them again all day.  I guess at the end of 6 hours I was only 3 minutes behind Beavers, but I didn't know that during the race :(

The course was very technical, rugged, loose, duffy, snowy, switchbacky, and non flowy.  It felt like about a thousand feet of climbing every lap.  I did 8 laps.

Very tough day, and I was happy with 2nd Pro, 3rd Overall.