MNMBS/WORS #8 Bontrager Border Battle

The border battle is our biggest race of the series. This year there were nearly 700 racers and almost 250 in our race. This was also the hottest race that I ever remember doing. I decided to hold back a little at the start because of the heat.
That tactic payed off on the last lap as started catching the guys who got ahead of me at the start. The heat was starting to take it's toll on all the racers, I was in a good spot to over take the guy who was running in 2nd when I clipped a tree with my bar and found myself laying in the middle of the trail looking at the sky. I quickly remounted and still finished in 3rd.
Zach also had a good and finished a close 4th place, beating me by almost two minutes.
We were totally cooked after the race, we just sat here for awhile and took turns pouring water over our heads.

MNMBS #5 Wheelhouse Classic

Finally, this was the first race of the season that it didn't start out muddy. The start was long lead out through a mostly flat field. A tough start for us single speeders. But once we hit the single track things started looking up, and I mean up! This course has some of the toughest climbs of the entire series. I moved my way up throughout the race and at the end I caught the leader of my wave and was able to hold him off at the sprint at the finish.
It was my 2nd win of the season and my closest finish. Zach was not so lucky on this day, hit a rock on lap 2 and tore his rear tire and was not able to finish.

MNMBS #4 more mud

Here I am before the mud.



Race #4 of the of the season was at Mt. Kato ski resort in Mankato. As usual this season it rained a lot the night before to make for some very muddy condtions. Zach did not join me for this race as he was away at wrestling camp.

Overall it was a good day, I ended up getting 2nd in my class. I think the guy who got 3rd was still in line to wash his bike.