May 24, 2008 - Weaverville, CA.Three members of the Collins team headed down to Northern California for what has been touted as one of the most "fun" endurance MTB events in the region. For this event, racers are tested on an approximately 12 mile loop doing multiple laps for 12 hours, each lap climbing 3 miles and 2,200'. Racers have the option to pair up in groups, spreading the load, or race solo. We all chose SOLO. Sound like fun?
The course: Map
Chris Brandt, Mike Adams, and Mike Ripley were looking forward to some warm weather for once and a nice opportunity to try their hand at some longer distance bike racing. Historically, the weather has been pretty hot this time of year. As luck may have it (Ripley curse?), the weather took a turn for the worse three days before race day. Guess what??? RAIN (and MUD) again! The question became not necessarily "how long will the body hold up", but how long will the "BIKE" hold up?
We all like to tell our long winded "battle stories", and not everyone wants to (or has the time to?) read them. But the short story is, it WAS indeed a lot of FUN and Collins was represented well, getting some podium time and some great sponsor exposure at our team tent.
Final results:
Chris Brandt - 4th place Pro (6 laps in 7:58:33)
Mike Adams - 2nd place Expert 40+ (6 laps in 9:31:51)
Mike Ripley - 7th place Expert 40+ (5 laps in 7:45:21)
Official results here.
Mike Adams full report here.
Chris Brandt full report here.
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