Race Report - Mount Snow NORBA National Championship Series

June 18, 2006

This is the national mountain bike series, where the amateurs and pros race. It is always a tough technical course; there is lots of climbing and some very tough downhills.

Results

Name	Category	Time	Overall Place	Age Group Place
Francis Blesso	Expert 34-39	2:21:01	47th	12th

Official Results

Race Commentary

Francis Blesso

This course kicked my a**! In prior years I've handled it very well, but this year it was not to be.

I wanted to get a jump on everyone to avoid the slow up on the first downhill and the singtrack. I was the third to reach to top of the first climb, but then I endo'd on the descent. I got back into it and had a good first lap, but on the second lap things didn't feel right. I had little energy, and felt like the course was beating me up. I must have looked pretty punished on the third lap when Anne yelled "your almost done". You know you are having a bad race when you hear that. By the end of the third lap, I felt realy tired and sore and was about 10 minutes slower than the first lap. Overall, this was a disappointment for me, as this was a race I was planning to peak for and I'd done well here before and handled the course well.