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Let's agree that Downieville's XC race is the Baja 1000 of XC.

This was my inaugural D'Ville XC event. Like most of you, I'm a sea level dweller so "high altitude" to me is 1000 ft in the Marin Headlands. We don't have 8-mile jeep road climbs 'round these parts. And you're more likely to get a runny nose than a sunburn in San Francisco in the summertime. Oh, and there's only one baby head in my house.

So I was prepared in terms of knowing my limitations.....

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