Sorry I was slow to update my blog I was a Davids House helping him get ready for his 70.3 this weekend (he is ready to have a good race I will tell you that much!) also good job and good luck to team Ontario For some good racing on Tuesday and good luck to them on Friday for there relay.
Now as for my xterra I will start off by telling you it was hard. It was in New York on a ski hill a little bigger and steeper then Blue Mountain. The course was a 2 loop swim of 750 and the bike was 3 loops of 9kms. It was the hardest trials I have ever ridden. The bike course had no flat pairs to it, you are descending or climbing up the mountain. It was a very hot day so some of the climbs out in the open sun were every hard. There was one part in the climb call the wall, it was the steepest hill i have ever ridden basically you went right up the ski hill on a rocky path meant for the snow cats. right in the hot sun and the first time up it was the worst because in your head you knew you had to do it 2 more times.
So to make it short and sweet it was 3 loops of down the ski hill then up the ski hill. Also the downhill was so hard that you could not rest you ended up working just as hard due to how technical the trials were. The the run was one loop of the bike course so still very very hard.
Now that you know the course and understand how hard it was this is how it went down. I lead the whole 1500m swim with a time of 19:40 (I think it was short) Then onto the bike I got passed in the first km by a very good mountain bike rider and then I held second till half way threw the second lap and then got passed again. After that I really started to pick it up so I wouldnt lose more time to the two guys ahead of me. I got off the bike and started my run fast I felt good (I have More fitness then i thought) I started to feel the hurt right around the 5km mark so I had a bit of a power gel and then picked it right up again. I had the fastest run split of the day and didn't re roll my ankle! It was my biggest fear going in.
All in all a great race and if anyone is looking to try and xterra this one may not be the best one out there. People talk about this one being the second hardest to xterra world champs. If you are looking for a hard day then this is the race for you very well run and a big thanks to the guys that put it on...check them out!! http://www.m2xtreme.com/home
