santa rosa dirt crits

The Howarth Park Dirt crit series is rolling again in Santa Rosa. 4 separate races on Wednesday evenings though August. Juniors, C's, B's and A's.
http://norcalmtnbikeracing.blogspot.com/2007/06/2007-howarth-dirt-crits.html

Jeff and I rolled up early and got a bit of a ride in at Annadel before our race. It was hot hot hot and we stuck to the shady trails as much as possible. Still went through two bottles in an hour though. Thankfully, it cooled somewhat by the time we started. There was a great field of almost 25 in the B race before us, including three or four women. 15 folks turned out for the A race and we started just after 7pm. The course is a gentle climb on fireroad, followed by a gentle descent on twisty singletrack, with a small gap jump thrown in right as you exit the trees and head for the start/finish. We were running about 3 minutes per lap and going for about a half an hour total. I settled in on the second lap and ended up battling for fourth place with one other guy for pretty much the entire time. He rode away from me on the last lap and I had to settle for fifth.



Other noteworthies: Curtis came out and rocked the A's with us. Andrew took 6th on his 24" singlespeed (the anti-29er).

Pics and results:
http://bikemonkey.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.dirtCrits2007