Congrats on your race! and in the mud! I actually like racing in the mud (until I have to clean my bike up later)- Don't know what's wrong with me.

Yeah, I agree, the master's experts here in AZ start really fast too! But that was not really a bad thing for me since I've got sprinters legs so starting hard is not bad for me. It's the lasting to the end that gets me (our races are a lot longer at the expert level).

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