The Mohican State Forest trail is an amazing, and the race had a great turnout. The weather was warm at race time and the course was completely dry.

The race came down to a sprint finish. My/Our finishing time for the race was 1 hour 51 minutes. We exchanged the lead several times throughout the race, but in the last few millimeters, Steve took the win. He was riding incredibly well throughout the race and seemed to have the trail dialed. He took a number of new lines that didn’t occur to me. Despite pushing to the limit, we each only crashed once. It was exhilarating to pedal that hard through the woods.

I was very interested in finding out what a fast lap time on the course would look like. It has been a topic of discussion for a while, and I have heard rumors that seem too good to be true. At the race there was a little bit of a problem in that the race didn’t start in the parking lot, but rather a half mile away. Luckily, I compared my computers trip distance to the 1-mile mark on the trail. As I passed it, I had 1.17, which seems close enough. On the return trip, the extra distance probably took us an extra 2-3 minutes. It’s hard to say.