Notes
DORBA Frozen 6 Hour Series - Johnson Branch
Did 6 Hour race at Johnson Branch, "official" results have me at 5 loops, . I was oldest dude there! Went with flow for first loop (completed 5 loops), then pushed a bit harder in second... experienced a problem with my chain/deraileur and lost some time in loop 2, then worked with bike mechanic from SNS Sports to get hanger straightened which counted against loop 3 in the official results. Overall, I feel like I lost 30 min with the problem. Went out easy on Loop three and felt pretty good getting through it and just held on for loops 4 and 5. I could easily have done one more loop with a little concentration and no bike issues and perhaps could see getting 7 if in better shape.
Overall, I was pleased with my ability to get through the technical stuff. This has been improving and paid off. I was still making the technical climbs in loop 5, but caught myself slowing down a lot in the non-tech twisty-turny stuff... well, cause I got tired of clipping trees with my shoulders. I hit one tree two, maybe three times! THE SAME TREE! One of those hits I was moving pretty good and in a flash, found myself on the ground, stopped dead in my tracks with the bike continuing around the turn but with me laying in the trail under the tree... shoulder still hurts and will for a couple more days...
Official results:
49 Lynn Ballard
405 5 5:59:34.14 43.000 7.18mph
405 1 1:04:36.24 8.600 7.99mph
405 2 1:09:52.69 17.200 7.39mph
405 3 1:18:16.38 25.800 6.59mph
405 4 1:08:54.32 34.400 7.49mph
405 5 1:17:54.51 43.000 6.62mph