TNTT

Tuesday Night Time Trial

I ran into the guys from Team Bums a year or two ago, but it wasn't until last night that I finally made it a point to show up and race. They laid out a great course on some trails that I ride pretty regularly at Mt. Pisgah in Northborough. In fact, it was my Dad that built most of the single track we rode last night, so to say that I know the trails pretty well may be a bit of an understatement.

The course starts with a long slightly downhill double track that flows into some fun single track. It then bottoms out and you turn around and start climbing; about halfway up Mt. Pisgah you begin traversing to give your legs a little rest. The last mile or so is double track / fire road; uphill at first but then it turns into some fast rocky downhill to the finish line.

They generally start racing around 5, but I didn't get out of work until 5:00 so when I showed up at 5:45 I was one of the last to go off. I rode in straight from the parking lot to the start line, no warm up at all. I had a rough idea of the trails we would be on and they did a good job raking them so it was easy to stay on course even with the light fading. I never raced this short of an event, so I pretty much just hammered off the line. With no warm up that strategy did catch up with me as soon as I started to climb; but I knew it was a short race so I ignored the burning in my legs and kept trying to gain speed.

I did pretty good, winning the day with a time of 22:11. That time seemed to impress most of the crew and I started to get a lot of questions about where I race and how I like my Racer-X ect. I even let one of the guys borrow my bike for a quick demo ride. He is in the market for a new bike and was currently demo’ing a Blur. He definitely liked the Racer-X saying it accelerated much better than the Blur.

Anyway, it was a fun event with some really cool people; I will definitely try to hook up with these guys for next year. It will be a good thing to work into my training.

Here are the results:

1. Adam 22:11 (this guys Dad built the trails and
he placed 4th in the EFTA Expert series this year, yeah……he flies)
2. Brett 24:42 (on a demo Santa Cruz Blur LT, he
flatted again on his hardtail)
3. John 25:04
4. Scott 25:14 (sorry about Colin getting stung,
he was a good sport about it)
5. Laura 26:54 (thanks for helping out with the
scoring)
6. Mary 27:32 (probably would have been faster if
she hadn’t raked 3.6 miles of trail before the TT)
7. Nate 27:41
8. Mike L 28:46
9. Mike T 29:32
10. Doug U 30:22 (finished with a flat rear tire)
11. Chris Jackson 32:42
12. Liana Jackson 35:20
13. Linda U 36:11