BC RACE Stage 3-4
Stage 3
With our new plan of action we start out on a 65 kilometer day which takes us to Cumberland. We had been told that the last 20 kilometers of this day were like the icing on the cake with the last 10 kilometers being the sweetest. Lots of singletrack and logging roads took us to the Qualicum river. The cool river waters felt great as we hiked through to the far side, Yoshi layed himself down in the water while we waited our turn to get up the river bank, he started a trend as by the time we got out pretty well all the racers behind us were submerged in the river. The final hour of riding was awesome , we had energy left in our tanks to really enjoy the technical riding and we finished feeling tired but good about our day, a big contrast to our 2 previous days
Stage Winners – Team Trek VW- 3:42
29th- Brownfishjumpers- 4:39
Stage 4
A 4:30 am wake up call greeted the racers today, we were herded onto buses, driven to the ferry. After a breakfast provided by BC Ferries we had time to go on the deck of the boat and take in a classic BC scene of mountains, ocean and blue sky. Today’s race started right from the Ferry Terminal and would take us 60 kilometers down the Sunshine Coast to Sachet. Once again we started of at a reasonable pace and slowly worked into the ride. Lots of excellent trails along the way today and we were well on the way to having our best ride yet when Yoshi had the first of 2 flat tires in the final 2o kilometers. Having a mechanical problem in a race of this length is not really surprising in fact we had seen many other teams dealing with their problems right since the first kilometer of day 1. Mountain Biking is all about finishing.
Stage Winners – Team Kona- 3:11
31st Brownfishjumpers- 4:15
With our new plan of action we start out on a 65 kilometer day which takes us to Cumberland. We had been told that the last 20 kilometers of this day were like the icing on the cake with the last 10 kilometers being the sweetest. Lots of singletrack and logging roads took us to the Qualicum river. The cool river waters felt great as we hiked through to the far side, Yoshi layed himself down in the water while we waited our turn to get up the river bank, he started a trend as by the time we got out pretty well all the racers behind us were submerged in the river. The final hour of riding was awesome , we had energy left in our tanks to really enjoy the technical riding and we finished feeling tired but good about our day, a big contrast to our 2 previous days
Stage Winners – Team Trek VW- 3:42
29th- Brownfishjumpers- 4:39
Stage 4
A 4:30 am wake up call greeted the racers today, we were herded onto buses, driven to the ferry. After a breakfast provided by BC Ferries we had time to go on the deck of the boat and take in a classic BC scene of mountains, ocean and blue sky. Today’s race started right from the Ferry Terminal and would take us 60 kilometers down the Sunshine Coast to Sachet. Once again we started of at a reasonable pace and slowly worked into the ride. Lots of excellent trails along the way today and we were well on the way to having our best ride yet when Yoshi had the first of 2 flat tires in the final 2o kilometers. Having a mechanical problem in a race of this length is not really surprising in fact we had seen many other teams dealing with their problems right since the first kilometer of day 1. Mountain Biking is all about finishing.
Stage Winners – Team Kona- 3:11
31st Brownfishjumpers- 4:15
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