LIGHTING UP THE LEMURIAN

By TK:
The usual cast of characters made there annual migration to the Lemurian Classic again this year… Jon “ the legend “ Ardel, Krage “ DA KEZAR “ Olrich, Ryan “ my bike is lighter than yours “ Booth, Doug “ off the couch “ Gadow, Kevin “ closet trainer, I’m an x pro “ McClure, Tim “ all my friends beat me “ Koehler, and a special appearance from our local shop sponsor, Cory “ I own a shop have a kid and will still kick your ass” Farrer…….

This band of riders all had there own lofty goals for this classic 26 mile mountain bike race. Some wanted to just survive, others wanted to dominate!!!!! Me… I wanted to beat my last time of 3:01.

The morning was early with a 9 am start. A good warm up was had which actual lead to my best start, keeping the front 20 within sight till we hit the dirt and continued to climb, climb, and climb…… at that point I just need to run my own race, feel good, not blow up and hope for the best….. All the fellas were doing the same… battling with themselves, and picking battles with others along the trail…. Jon, Krage, Booth were all of the front…. McClure was hunting them and actually caught Krage, I was drifting in the middle with Cory hunting me.. and Doug was hanging out having a blast!!!!! Cory caught me at the bottom of the last climb…. I was hoping to ride with him….. But couldn’t! Knowing the course and my tendency to cramp I thought it was best to do my own thing. Surviving all the way to the end with minor cramps I ended up beating my time by 15 minutes over last year!!!!

Many in the clan found the podium!!!! Jon “ the legend “ Ardel 3rd in his class, Ryan”my bike is lighter than yours “ Booth captured 1st in his class with a smoking 2:21, and Kevin “ closet trainer, I’m an x pro” McClure, 2nd in his class!!!!!!!

All others had great races!!!!! ( results not posted yet )And will be back to hunt Lemurians again next year!!!!