KFCX #3

I just got an email from a faithful reader telling me my blog was not up to date. Wow. I must have a huge following.
I raced in Klamath Falls again yesterday. I didn't take any pictures so I've posted my Forerunner chart showing heart rate and elevation. I don't think that my heart rate really went up to 214 at the beginning although that's when I pushed hard to get ahead of Vern. That's my new strategy, get ahead of him right at the start and hope that he can't catch up. It worked yesterday. I beat Vern but the other masters racers in the B race both lapped me. I finished third out of four.
It was muddy so I ran my Challenge Grifo tires at 30 psi. They worked well. I could feel the rear tire bottoming out but it survived. The race was at the same location as last week but laid out slightly different. Fewer barriers. The rock garden was still there but the approach to it was slower and a track had developed through it. It wasn't as rough. The mud wasn't the thick, grabby kind you sometimes find in the northwest. It was thin and slippery. Neither my bike nor my body had much mud at the end. My tires, pedals and shoes were packed though.
The starter/lap counter guy was new and I'm pretty sure he screwed up. It was supposed to be a 45 minute race but we were out there for nearly an hour. I went by the finish line with the lap board reading zero, pulled over, stopped my watch at 54 minutes and was told that I had another lap to go. I don't want to be critical though. We need people willing to be officials so that we can race. He'll get it right next time. Next Sunday is the final race of this series. I'm in second place in the Masters 40+ B Division.
Check out the beautiful photos on the pdxcross site. Not of this race but of the races in Portland. I have a link on my Blogs of Interest.