Royal River Valley Rumble III MTB XC Race 2014 @ Terwillegar Park (Alberta Cup) #1

Sunday May 25th, I finished 34th out of 42 in Sport Men Results It was three laps long and 25 km's in total. It took me 1hr 23mins. My Average heart rate was 179 bpm and max was 194 bpm. The total elevation gain was 858 feet. I had a warm up for about seven minutes. I had a really slow start for the first couple km's but then I maintained my pace and picked off a few racers as I went along for the rest of the race. The temperature was 19 deg C with light rain so it made some of the roots slippery to ride over a little mud don't hurt as its a MTB XC race. I am proud of myself as I wore Lycra shorts for the first time in a MTB race, I stayed clipped in for the full race and I closed the gap on a racer that beat me by twenty minutes in 2012 to just three minutes today. My legs were really sore today as I have done lots of hard training this week but that is ok this is on my list as a B race. It was cool to see an old team mate Jason K from my River Valley Cycle racing days as five years ago we both did an Alberta Cup race here (my first ever race), unfortunately then he had a bad crash, today he beat me by just under three minutes and he raced great today. I want to say a Huge thanks to my parents for coming out to cheer me on and take pics, it made me race faster. Thank you Mike B, Steve M, Karen M, Mark R and Hardcore Bikes for putting on the race & all the volunteers for their help as they also cheered loud.






I'm ripping by with a smile of hurtful joy. Pic by parents



At the finish line. Pic by parents