Brown County State Park

Krista and I rented mountain bikes and headed down to BCSP over Memorial Day Weekend to check out the trails I had read so much about. I had an '09 Trek Fuel EX8 and she had an '09 Giant Trance X2. These trails were designed by mountain bikers, for mountain bikers and were a blast to ride! Who thought they had trails like these in Indiana? The trails were pretty busy since it was a holiday weekend. There was a group of about 10 riders from Dayton, Ohio I chatted with while waiting for Krista to catch up. I can't wait to go back and ride them again next year! I rode them from end-to-end, taking the shorter way back. If one wanted additional miles, they could retrace their entire path back and get in another 5-6 miles or so.

Brown County State Park

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Flagstaff Frenzy

Flagstaff Frenzy

Krista and I headed up to Flagstaff Friday night to ride the Flagstaff Frenzy. This was the 7th race of the 2009 MBAA Championship Series and the first of 2 races held in Flag. The weather was hotter than normal, and this did not help considering my start time wasn't until 11:38. The starting line was just off Hwy 180 on some forest road right before the turn-off for Snowbowl Rd. The course had been changed the day before and it didn't seem as established in some parts as I would have liked. Some parts were very narrow, rocky, and technical. I had to hop off more than a few times to carry my bike over sections that to me were impassable. There was a very long section of climbing with over 5% grade. To put it into perspective, that is the same as climbing Mt. Lemmon on the Catalina Hwy! To make things worse, some disgruntled ex-bike shop employee had been going around and sabotaging the course by taking down markers and placing obstacles in the trail. I heard some riders even got lost because he changed the course on them between laps! I don't think they ever caught the guy, but the Sherriff was out looking for him. The combination of the heat and the elevation really got to me. I ended up coming in 5th out of 6 riders which was a little disappointing. At least I got a medal I guess! I will have to prepare myself a little more for the Flagstaff Finale race next month. Krista also got a medal, she came in 5th as well.

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