Here's the quick and dirty:
Tires: Bontrager XR2s front and rear. The course was partly dirt roads and partly super rough technical singletrack. Lots of pumping and body-english. A five-mile stretch of singletrack with little to no passing room. Tons-o-fun!
Things that went better than they did in Iola: I nailed the leadout and stuck with the group. I didn't crash, my nutrition was spot-on (1 Hammer Gel per 45 minutes), I felt good on the power climbs, and I paced myself pretty well for a 2-hour (25 mile) race.
Things that didn't go so well: This was a 2.5-hour (33 mile) haul. Ouch. After 27 miles I felt a little low in the gas-tank, and when my group started attacking at 4 miles to go, I wasn't able to keep up. Losing 5 spots in the last 15 minutes was frustrating.
However, I did manage 30th ,which felt pretty good. I'm starting to wrap my head around the way these kids race, and I know what I need to do for next time: Long mountain bike rides.
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