I spent the weekend racing out at Vail Lake for the first 12 Hours of Temecula race for 2009. The forecast the entire week was predicting some rain, so I had brought along my singlespeed as a backup bike just in case.
We actually did get some rain Friday night and Saturday morning as well - but as soon as race time rolled around, the skies started clearing and the trails were nice and tacky.
This was my first time racing Men’s Sport Solo. I have got to say there are some guys in this class putting in some ridiculous lap times (at least to me). Looking at the results, there was a few guys putting in lap times in the :45 minute range. My lap times were between 1:00 and 1:10. So to my surprise, I ended up taking 2nd place with 10 laps in 11:08.
This was also my first 12 hour race where I didn’t get cramps. I think the cooler weather played a big part in that. It was so nice not having to gingerly pedal up hills in fear of having your leg totally lock up.
I can’t wait till race #2 in June which will be at Rim Nordic this year. There’s still Vision Quest in a few weeks, which I still need to put in some training for, just to make sure I make all the cut off points.
Tags: 12 hour, 12 hours of temecula, cramps, vail lake, vision quest
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