Trading blows

The Alaska mountain biking state championships are in full swing with the finale kicking off in 2 hours. The turnout this year is ridiculously low with only 6 expert men and something like 10 total riders. But Carey and I have still been duking it out in each stage. On the stage 1 hill climb I got him by 2 seconds, and in the super D he claimed those 2 seconds back. In short track i nipped him at the line but with no time gap we remain tied up heading into the cross country race today. I think the advantage goes to Carey because he knows the course and it has some technical single track that I will probably struggle with, but I'm hoping that the endurance I have built up this season will pay off during the 2nd half of the race. The sun is out and it is 52 degrees so it should be perfect conditions for a battle!

Post race update: I couldn't fake my mountain biking skills on this course and Carey ran away with the title. The course was awesome and Carey's smooth skills on the technical single track earned him his 2nd AK state mtb title. Nice work!