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Team Bikeman -
Race Reports
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Written by R. Jorgensen
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Monday, 22 October 2007 |
Rim Nordic Fall Classic
Rim Nordic Ski Area
Running Springs, CA
October 21, 2007
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My decision was a diffiult one. Three and a half hours to the north, "Springville Fat Tire Fest" or "Dam Cross" at Hanson Dam, truly close enough I could ride to the event and gain "green points" for the most earth friendly cross rider. Well, not a single person in the southland could sleep with this decision and the fact that Halloween is just around the corner and that signals the "Devil Winds."
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As I pen this Sunday evening there are reports of more than 12 fires burning. So I choose the Rim Nordic. And a good choice it was! After four weeks of "cross" I needed to return to the solitude of suffering on a cross country trails.
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Besides the 100+ mph winds that whipped the southland (only in select neigborhhods), the air was crisp at 7,000 feet elevation. The crowd was thin and the start was fast. I managed a second place position into the first climb.  | | click to enlarge |
I was pasted by one and 3/4 of the way thru the deadly tandem team over-took me, 1/3 of the way into the second lap the junior girl got the best of me and before I knew it the sunday ride was over. As the only 55+ rider in the field the memory is mine to keep.
Roger
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