It was about time, time for another mountain bike race, time for some more mud, and time for Gatorade and Gu. This week’s episode took place in Black Diamond, Washington, a town I had never heard of, even after living in the Pacific Northwest for 26 years. It was the second race of Singletrack Cycles West Side Mountain Bike series presented by BUDU
Racing
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Pushing, Pumping, At the start
Spinning, Grinning, It’s an art
Churning, Burning, Neon dart
Coasting, Boasting, It’s all part
Round the corner
Past the bend
Up the hill
With the wind
Now slowly moving
Now charging past
Now standing up
All moving fast
- J. Allen…
On a weekend in January, I bravely competed in a mountain bike race called the Tapeworm Time Trial (TTT). For those of you who don’t know what a tapeworm is, go here, for those of you who do, the similarity is in the twisting back and forth nature of the course. The fact that it was January meant that the trail was muddy, wet, and also…
