On the drive down with Dustin, we went through a couple of heavy showers, which had us thinking of DNF strategies. I was debating on which rear tire to run, the stock Bontrager Jones 2.2 that came with my X-Cal or a Specialized Captain 2.0 that I just bought. I left the Bontrager on the rim, which turned out to be the wrong decision.
The course was very muddy - I ended up walking a lot of the uphills because there was no traction, and even walking some of the downhills near the end because I couldn't even steer. Several times I had to clear mud out of the rear chainstays because they were so full of mud the bike stopped rolling.
Check out the photos. I bent a chain link and removed paint in several locations of the chain stays.
Anyway, good times were had by all, I think I am catching the racing bug, although I wish I would have started this 10 years ago before I had a mortgage and kids...
