Had I not had my little over the handlebars incident over Memorial Day weekend, we both would have raced at the Stony Marathon. Although we were both registered for the Mountain Mayhem this past weekend, we had to stick around town due to my inability to comfortably ride in or drive a vehicle. I had a little set back last Tuesday when the already broken clavicle bone decided to move and I woke up at 5am in agonizing pain followed by sweat and nausea. I missed all that fun broken bone pain stuff due to the concussion. Anyhow...this would be Jimmie's first tailwind race of the year.
Jimmie and I arrived at Addison Oaks, one of my favorite trails in MI, around 8:45. I slowly walked with him to the bathrooms and registration booth and back to the vehicle while he got ready to race. We talked about racing and training and all that good stuff while he got ready. Eventually he headed out to do some warming up while I wandered over to the start/finish area. Since Jimmie is now in the expert 40 - 49 category this year the competition has changed. I believe some of the regular winners in this category are Mike Wissink and Don Cameron. Shawn Schaffert is also kicking butt this year. Jimmie was lined up in the front next to Shawn. They took off and the group headed over the bridge and out of sight. While I waited to see how things were going for Jimmie after the first lap, I talked to Mary Ann and Jen who were there supporting their racing men from KLM. The guys came through and it was still a tight knit group of about 6 racers including Jimmie. After the second lap Wissink was in the front less than a minute in front of Jimmie. That's pretty much how it stayed for the rest of the race for Wissink and Jimmie. Shawn dropped out of the race. It looked like he crashed and got hurt. I saw Christian Tanguy come through his final lap with a face full of blood. Glad to see Ronald Catlin take the win in the men's elite race. He and Simonson had a fun to watch sprint to the finish ending.
Jimmie had a great race and finished 2nd. He was happy with how the race went and is lookinig forward to Lumberjack this weekend.
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