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the guys who I went with have pretty high end bikes and they bike alot but when it comes to races they are into it more for fun that to get a shot at the podium. it was a blast either way and we ended up in the last third of the grid. here's the reader's digest version of the race with a funny ending 
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there were six of us all together (three 2-man teams) and my teammate was a guy by the name of Scott. the race was a 6-hour relay which starts at 10am and you have until 4pm to get in as many laps as you can. the course is 10kms long and goes through some pretty technical and decent climbs. scott and I each rode 4 laps and i started our last lap just before 3:20 so i knew I was going to have to keep 'er pinned if I was going to make it in before the gun. i rode the last lap with what felt like cement in my legs and a fast dropping blood sugar level and my chocolate Power Gels didn't seem to be working anymore
. i just made it in by the buzzer at 3:55:09pm to give us 9 laps total.
well, part of the race is you have to carry a small wooden baton with you on your lap and pass it to your teammate when your lap is done and he goes out for his since it's a relay. i came back from my last lap and as I got to our site i saw scott standing there wearing nothing but a jock strap, his bike helmet and sunglasses. he told me he was going to ride to the finish to hand the baton back in like that. i laughed so hard i just gave it to him and stayed at the site to watch the gear. all our team and all the london guys we knew from the event went down as scott hopped on his bike and rode the last bit of the course to the finish line. i heard people yelling from our site and when they came back, scott was scuffed up on his shoulder and had dirt on him. turns out the female Solo class winner (Solo in MTN biking is where one person does the whole race by themselves) was just at the finish and she stopped too fast and went over the bars. well...scott was right behind her and locked up his disc brakes. he went over the bars too and landed RIGHT ON TOP OF THE CHICK!!!! i wasn't there to see it but i'm sure you can picture a big tall guy with nothing on but a white jock strap, bike helmet and sunglasses all bare ass hangin out lying on top of the Solo Female class winner at the finish line in front of everyone at the race.
i wish I had been there to see it
...there were six of us all together (three 2-man teams) and my teammate was a guy by the name of Scott. the race was a 6-hour relay which starts at 10am and you have until 4pm to get in as many laps as you can. the course is 10kms long and goes through some pretty technical and decent climbs. scott and I each rode 4 laps and i started our last lap just before 3:20 so i knew I was going to have to keep 'er pinned if I was going to make it in before the gun. i rode the last lap with what felt like cement in my legs and a fast dropping blood sugar level and my chocolate Power Gels didn't seem to be working anymore
. i just made it in by the buzzer at 3:55:09pm to give us 9 laps total. well, part of the race is you have to carry a small wooden baton with you on your lap and pass it to your teammate when your lap is done and he goes out for his since it's a relay. i came back from my last lap and as I got to our site i saw scott standing there wearing nothing but a jock strap, his bike helmet and sunglasses. he told me he was going to ride to the finish to hand the baton back in like that. i laughed so hard i just gave it to him and stayed at the site to watch the gear. all our team and all the london guys we knew from the event went down as scott hopped on his bike and rode the last bit of the course to the finish line. i heard people yelling from our site and when they came back, scott was scuffed up on his shoulder and had dirt on him. turns out the female Solo class winner (Solo in MTN biking is where one person does the whole race by themselves) was just at the finish and she stopped too fast and went over the bars. well...scott was right behind her and locked up his disc brakes. he went over the bars too and landed RIGHT ON TOP OF THE CHICK!!!! i wasn't there to see it but i'm sure you can picture a big tall guy with nothing on but a white jock strap, bike helmet and sunglasses all bare ass hangin out lying on top of the Solo Female class winner at the finish line in front of everyone at the race.
i wish I had been there to see it
)
hmmmmm 
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