The first 15 miles was done at a comfortable pace as the group sorted out by ability. I ended in the first 10 out of the wave with a group from Valley Athletics providing the pacing until High Cliff. This was nice since the first half was into the wind and saved the legs for later. However, after the hill at High Cliff, I was only able to pickup 3 of the others from the group, 2 of which we dropped in the next 10 miles.

I was able to share the pacing with the cyclists from Tosa Spokesmen for the next 20 miles, at which point we were caught from behind by a group of 3, that we were able to stay with for a couple of miles. However, we were unable to maintain their pace and we were dropped. Soon after, I dropped the rider that I had been with for 40 miles and I was left on my own until near the end.

I picked up a rider with about 10 miles to go that was able to join me for the final push to the finish.



Need to find a similar paced group to work with through the duration, rather than just in places.

Nothing much. Drip water and Gatorade, along with eating some of the provided spaghetti.


Inability to find a group to share the work for the back half of the race in the hills.