squeezer

After my first summer of weekly mountain biking, I decided I was ready for my first race. The guys that started me out suggested that I do it the previous year, but I definitely did not feel ready.

I signed up and felt a bit nervous. I did not know what to expect. I went around the course (which is local) with a guy who had done the Squeezer race before. They change the course a bit every year, though, and do not reveal the course until the day before.

The race was timed electronically, with transponders on our ankles. This race was timed in waves of 125 riders. The race had 894 people completing it, although over 1000 had signed up. I was placed in the fifth wave, plates 501 to 625.

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