Saturday's practice was very busy; the course is fairly long but it has lots of lines to check out so I tried to take it all in. I timed my final run on Saturday and it was a 3:31, which was the fastest freelap run of the day so far- I was encouraged by that. In the evening after practice was the Dunbar Cycles 16' Race, in which tow riders go head-to-head on small bikes. I decided not to race since my back was still too sore but instead was the finish line marshal. I was to decide who crossed the finish line first. Because the races were sometimes very close I had Jerusha Millar help me with video camera for photo finishes!! And we needed it too, in the finals between Kyle McDonald and Tyler Gorz the first round was so close that it was ruled an EXACT tie! Gorz took it in the end.
Sunday's weather forecast was for rain but it only drizzled at worst. I was a bit behind schedule Sunday morning and only got one practice run in which included a slide-out on the "rock slab" section. Four hours after that it was time to head up for the race. My actual race run wasn't exactly as planned, I think I knew after winning the freelap practice on Saturday with a relaxed run I could do it, but I might've pushed a bit too hard which brought on some mistakes. I was actually really surprised that I came down into the hotseat and was sure my time wouldn't hold for long but thankfully I was wrong!
Thanks to my sponsors, Dunbar Cycles and Sombrio!
Top 5 Pro Men
1. Dean Tennant 3:28.84
2. Matt Beer 3:30.63
3. Alan Crisp 3:30.90
4. Dan Skogland 3:31.74
5. Ewan Fafard 3:32.11
