Tough race

This past Saturday was the Summer 8 hour at Hardwood hills. I was in the single speed solo category.  Interesting race....the course was great, the conditions were humid.  What else? After crashing for the 5th time during the race, I suddenly remembered..."hey buddy, you are on small block 8's....that's why you keep wiping out"; yes, those small block 8's - (which the only other time I used them was in the spring 8hr solo) are a fast rolling race tire...but they don't grip well, and when you throw in a few wet roots..well one second you are just riding along, the next second you are on the ground assessing what hurts.  Long story short....I am the sorest I have been since I learned how to snowboard...I am bruised all over. Ibuprofen is my friend.

In brief  ...really good course, conditions were humid beyond belief...rain held off.  Shared the pit with Mike Ring(1st time solo, and he podiumed!) John Bragon - yeah John, you are getting faster....it takes a couple seasons to get the body used to the endurance eh?   Let's see an even better PB at the fall event!, and Johns' dad was pit boss for us - thank you!

Finally...another highlight from the day...Ice cold can of beer at the end!

Looking forward to the fall 8 hours....want to do better, go faster!

my placing 4/10  11 laps in 7hrs 37min 22sec....total of approx 112k 

stats from the garmin

Time:	08:52:40
Distance:	95.58 km
Elevation Gain:	2,390 m
Calories:	10,233 C

(the garmin with it's satelite tracking is not so accurate in the single track as it tends to "cut corners", which is why it shows only 95.58km) The "time" shows 8:52 because I forgot to stop the timer.  What is interesting I find is the "moving time" 7:19:48...this means that I spent 18 minutes during the race "stopped".

Timing

Time:	08:52:40
Moving Time:	07:19:48
Elapsed Time:	08:52:45

Avg Speed:	10.8 km/h
Avg Moving Speed:	13.0 km/h
Max Speed:	38.7 km/h

Speed

Pace

Elevation

Elevation Gain:	2,390 m
Elevation Loss:	2,382 m
Min Elevation:	325 m
Max Elevation:	418 m

Heart Rate

Avg HR:	149 bpm
Max HR:	193 bpm