sucked!rained hard saturday night. my tent LEAKED and I slept in the driver's seat of my metro. but i did sleep so i decided to start. MUD. wet rocks and roots were slippery, oh my. i rode much stronger than last year and rode up several climbs where all others were walking. all in all i walked only a little compared to last year. passed riders pretty regularly on road sections, BUT, i crashed 3 times due to the slick conditions on single track downhills. during the next to last downhill i crash landed on some big rocks as i was attempting to control my bike on wet rocks. so pissed off! decided to throw in the towel at the prospect of riding the last downhill in the dark on a wet trail in my weakened condition. so i finished the 5th downhill very slow and easy and pulled out at the last aid station with only 12 miles to go to the finish.my decision was based on getting home in one piece vs my pride. maybe next year. maybe not. perhaps i should stick with road riding for races, mountainbiking for fun. i am VERY dissappointed though. i had strength enough to finish and would have beaten my time from last year by up to an hour although trail conditions were much worse.
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