A Win Stump Farm 12 Solo

So for Labor Day weekend I started off with a drive to Green Bay and woke up Saturday morning at around 5 am to get over to the venue for the next stop of the Wisconsin Endurance Mountainbike Series.  I had enough time to get a decent pit and shared it with some of the guys from Performa Cycling.  Bottles were filled, Kenda tires were checked for air, and the Turner was ready to go.  I made sure to get all of my Evomo gear ready and headed to the start line.  



So from the second they yelled go we took off on the short run to our bikes I was mid pack cause I mis-judged where my trusty steed was and was stuck for the most of the first 2 miles of the 9 mile course.  I made a desperate move and pass going into the singletrack and did a good job of wrecking people granted I didn't want to and felt kinda bad for it, but I had to get going as the leader built up a huge lead.



Laps ticked off from 38 minutes on the first lap to staying a consistent 40 some minutes on at least the first 6 hours or so even after my non-drive crank arm came off.  I found myself riding a very hard pace with Lee Unwin as well as Seth Lenss for quite some time.



So 6 hours goes by with no idea how I was doing other than staying consitent on my times.  I slam 2 slim fasts, grabbed a new camelback and new bottle.



So with about 3 hours to go I get a view of the lead rider and I try to stay one corner behind, but I caught him quicker than I originally had planned and we talked for a bit, he tried to hold my wheel, but then as I got to the start finish he wasn't behind me and at this point I stopped re-fueled and jumped out ahead of him again and continued to drill it.



I heard I was in the lead I also heard I was still in second as I saw another rider from his team who must have been on a relay flew by so fast I couldn't ID him and I had no idea who was chasing me and how far back they were.  I had no choice but to go as hard as I could and finish strong since I thought the guy who went on the flyer was the guy I battling and I knew 16 laps were going to win it so after finishing lap 15 I strapped on my lights as it was getting dark in the thicker sections of the course and rode my 2nd fastest lap of the entire race.  



All in all, my best race EVER.  I had the mental game down, rode fast but in control, and used strategy towards my advantage.  It was a moment where everything finally clicked I can't believe it took 16 nine mile laps in just under 12 hours for the lightbulb to go off. I finished a lap ahead of second place and celebrated with a nice cold can of PBR (Pabst Blue Ribbon)



I would like to thank EVOMO and the rest of my great sponsors for their support this season.

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