This wasn't necessarily our adventure racing team that competed in this race, but I decided to include it on this blog anyway. The Burnin' at the Bluff 12 hour race has become a premier race put on by Mesa Cycles out of STL on a very technical, rocky, rooty and loose gravel short steep climbs around a 13 mile loop of Council Bluffs Lake south of Potosi, MO.
Cyclewerx sent four teams to this race, and I was racing with 15 year old up and coming phenom Garrett Smith and Scott Taylor in the 'Fast' division under the team name "B.A.M.F."
We had an incredibly consistent day of racing. We pretty much went out and raced a perfect race. It started at 9 am, and by 9:45 pm we each had completed 3 laps of nearly equal times for each lap. Not a single flat tire all day. Must have all been choosing good lines.
This was good enough for a 2nd place finish in the Fast division out of 10 teams. It was a nice finish to an excellent race that just gets better and better every year. A great race to finish off the mountain bike season and carry some momentum into the offseason and next year. I still have the Bonk Hard Racing Castlewood 8 Hour Adventure Race on December 6 with my AR team and we are sending myself, Marc, Jill and Ken, so I can't get complacent. There is still much prep to do.
By Bryan Greaser
Up next: Castlewood 8 Hour Adventure Race December 6, 2008
1 comment:
You guys totally flossed, did anything get flossed?
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