This season I decided to skip the WTC races and try a few more Xterra races, the first one near Fort Collins CO in the horsetooth reservoir. I came up early the morning of the race and had not pre-ridden the course at all, which proved to be a mistake. The reservoir was beautiful with rock cliffs on either side. It was still a small Xterra race so I was hoping for a decent result. The swim went great and I managed to put 3 minutes into everyone else, onto the bike is where the issues started. It was tacky single track so the conditions could not of been better, I was in the lead so I was taking some risks and cooking right along. About 3 miles in I way over shot a right hand bend went into the wet grass and totally ate it. Bike cartwheeling down the hill and all, I had a bunch of small scratches and a sore shoulder but appeared to be okay to keep going. Hell I was still leading the race, I ran and got the bike back on the trail and kept riding. Only a few miles later noticing the front rim was very badly bent (requiring a replacement), the disc was not rubbing so I kept on. Two guys behind me caught me right as we started the 2nd lap. They clearly were biking faster than I as I did not hold them. The bike ended and run started right up to the top of a hill overlooking the lake and back down, the views were spectacular. The run down was tough not to fall and crash, which a few did as the medic at the bottom of the run course attested to after the race. I held of all but one more runner by the finish and took 3rd in the pros but 2 age groupers beat me too. The finish line had a slip-n-slid which was pretty nice to cool off. Some very cool ariel footage was shot from a drone at the race too. Link below
Xterra Lory ariel footage -
CLICK HERE TO WATCH XTERRA LORY AERIAL FOOTAGE!
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