Jeff's Sporting Life: SingleTrack 6 MTB XC Race 2015: Stage 3 @ Kalamalka Lake, Vernon BC

Tuesday July 28th, I finished 48th place out of 50 in Solo Open Men Results, It took me 4hrs 41mins, It was a total of 45 Kms. Total elevation gain 4,724 Feet. My average heart rate was 157 bpm and max was 184 bpm. The temperature was 27 deg C sunny with a few clouds. Check out my garmin data here. We started out on a paved road followed by a small climb where I moved up many spots. Then there was a two km down hill section and I jumped off my bike and ran down parts of it, many racers passed by me. Then today's race saw us climb for the next 12 km's on technical single track with rocks and roots, sharp turns, steep sections, switch backs and I found myself pass well over thirty racers as I hit my pace and stride. When I got to the top I thought I was day dreaming when there was a couple of cow's and a bull on the course. Then there was a series of really steep technical descents that had lots of rock slabs and roots and I again jumped off my bike and ran down most of it and the parts I could ride I went slower on. A lot of those same racers I passed by on the long climb passed me on the descent. There was amazing views looking at the lake and it was blue. A huge thanks to Transrockies for putting on the race and to all the volunteers for their effort to help make this bucket list dream come true.