Next Event – Middle Mountain Momma – May 3, 2009
Wet roots always win in the end - Middle Mountain Momma 2003 copyright iPlayOutside.com
I am foregoing the Pisgah Mountain Bike Adventure this year and will live local and revisit and old favorite, the Middle Mountain Momma at Virginia’s Douthat State Park. Will probably sign up for the Double XC course – 40+ miles of pain and desolation out in the mountains that don’t stop till half way through West Virginia. I hope the ground is not too soft, because that can make the miles really drag!
In 2004 or 2005 I did the XXC, and spent what felt like all day riding around on soft, grassy fire roads on the backside of who knows where. By the end of a day like that – with water only at the mid-point, one wants to reach the finish line mostly just to be able to stop riding. In these type of races, quitting at most points on the course merely means walking back to the finish line instead of riding (or riding an additional 10 road miles). Sounds like fun, right?
I will miss the Pisgah Mountain Bike Adventure, but I am setting my sights on a top 5 placing in the West Virginia Wild 100 in August.
©Big Mountain Riding
