Root 66 #1 Winding Trails, Farmington CT 4/17/11

One of my best performances on an XC bike. I placed 1st out of 12 Cat. 1 racers. I had the hole shot, but then flipped over my handle bars hard into a tree in the first woods section. I was totally spaced out and not paying attention. I was lucky I did not get hurt besides a minor bump. My chain got jammed between my front derailure and big chain ring. I was stuck trying to yank it out for a few minutes on the side of the trail as everyone passed me. I finally got it back on, but had issues with it the rest of the race. However, I was in last place and sprinted harder than I every have on a mt bike to get back to the front on the first lap. I passed the girl in first and never looked back. Super muddy day, but fast fun course of 20 miles. Ready for the rest of the season!

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