The long climb along Bow Trail...we received strange looks from bewildered motorists.Thanks to Finn for the photos
Following this weekend I was completely exhausted also factoring in the incredible amount of school catching up I have to do at the moment I apologize for the diminished quality and tardiness of the posts recapping the weekend.
This past Saturday saw the first race of the Calgary double header. Cool temperatures and frost made for interesting conditions on a technically challenging course with a multitude of tight corners and plenty of elevation change per lap.
The regulars took to the start guaranteeing a hard day of racing for all involved. From the start I was mid pack and within the first set of corners and first decent I had forced myself into the top 10 or so. I remember consciously dropping down low on the first offcamber decent to prevent riders I could hear behind me from getting to excited and passing me and through the corners I had to make some aggressive moves and lay off the brakes to move up. Coming along the first long climb I jumped across a gap and arrived safe and sound in the top 5 ready to contest the rest of the hour.
Heemskerk rode away early in his typical fashion. Not far behind him a group of 4 including myself continued to strengthen our advantage over the rest of the field until finally Friesen and I were the only ones left chasing the flying dutchman. Friesen was incredibly strong and on several occasions I was on the rivet just trying to hold his wheel on the climbs. With two laps to go I felt my seat coming loose again. The same problem occurred the weekend before and although I thought I had solved the issue it was back to haunt me. With the seat rattling around underneath me I eased up slightly so as to not risk breaking or loosing the seat altogether on remounts and climbs. Regardless of my mechanical challenges Friesen proved to be the strongest and pulled away in the final lap leaving me to suffer solo and roll into 3rd place.
I was happy with the way the race went, especially considering the stressful week prior and my morning ride downtown to get champagne for Sunday's east End Supercross.
Terrascape put on an outstanding event and the course design by Keith Bayly raised the bar another couple of rungs for course quality.
Following the race Bayly, Purdy and I hit up the East Side to start marking the course for the following day. Although we got the majority of the staking done in the couple of hours we were out there was much to still be done before the first start on Sunday.....
This past Saturday saw the first race of the Calgary double header. Cool temperatures and frost made for interesting conditions on a technically challenging course with a multitude of tight corners and plenty of elevation change per lap.
The regulars took to the start guaranteeing a hard day of racing for all involved. From the start I was mid pack and within the first set of corners and first decent I had forced myself into the top 10 or so. I remember consciously dropping down low on the first offcamber decent to prevent riders I could hear behind me from getting to excited and passing me and through the corners I had to make some aggressive moves and lay off the brakes to move up. Coming along the first long climb I jumped across a gap and arrived safe and sound in the top 5 ready to contest the rest of the hour.
Heemskerk rode away early in his typical fashion. Not far behind him a group of 4 including myself continued to strengthen our advantage over the rest of the field until finally Friesen and I were the only ones left chasing the flying dutchman. Friesen was incredibly strong and on several occasions I was on the rivet just trying to hold his wheel on the climbs. With two laps to go I felt my seat coming loose again. The same problem occurred the weekend before and although I thought I had solved the issue it was back to haunt me. With the seat rattling around underneath me I eased up slightly so as to not risk breaking or loosing the seat altogether on remounts and climbs. Regardless of my mechanical challenges Friesen proved to be the strongest and pulled away in the final lap leaving me to suffer solo and roll into 3rd place.
I was happy with the way the race went, especially considering the stressful week prior and my morning ride downtown to get champagne for Sunday's east End Supercross.
Terrascape put on an outstanding event and the course design by Keith Bayly raised the bar another couple of rungs for course quality.
Following the race Bayly, Purdy and I hit up the East Side to start marking the course for the following day. Although we got the majority of the staking done in the couple of hours we were out there was much to still be done before the first start on Sunday.....
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Good job Per!
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