Ryan and I competed in Blue Mountain's first event in their three race Vertical Earth Series. We raced Category two because Collegiate Cat 3 was a joke but this was much different. Everyone who raced was series about biking and brought their game faces. Although we didn't do so hot relative to everyone else it was a great first race and a good learning experience. There were three triples on the course and I went to fast to roll one of them one time and didn't have the confidence to double the last two humps. I nose cased the third hump and tacoed my wheel in practice so I raced with a tire that would have rubbed on my fork if I hadn't kicked it into submission. I think I crashed a total of three times and my shoulder is hurting a little bit so I want to rest it before I start sessioning my backyard DJ's and do some XC riding for  cardio. Riding at my house with Ryan was the most fun I've had biking since I left college for summer. I'm going to try and get some of my hometown friends more into biking so that I have people to ride with and make biking and fun again.