Norodic Mountain
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July 14 and 15 Don put on the always famous Subaru Cup Mega Event. This weekend of racing offered a Super D, short Track, and an XC race. I raced in the sport XC race. I headed up to Mount Morris Wisconsin from the Windy City on Saturday morning for my race at 3:30. Arriving with many time to spare I had plenty of time to check out the course, and race venu. I had the opportunity to meet some fellow 29er Crew members from far and wide. The course was insane! Tons of Climbing through ski trails and single track. Once Climbing to the top of Norodic Mountain there the course led us through some fast single track downhill and some really technical rock gardens and off camber turns. Probably one of the most notable part of the entire race was the 5ft tall triangle ramp over a fallen tree. My race started extremely well sticking towards the front the first half of the race was practically strait up hill and we flew threw it extremely fast compared to future laps. Once reaching one of the technical single track climbs i got pushed of the trail by an out of control rider! This pushed me to the back of the pack as i had to wait for the train of racers to fly by. Since the race was such a large event it was amazing to see tons of people cheering you on it was almost like a seen from the Tour de France especially when making your way around the race venu. 
My race ended up ending with a 4th place finish! This came as a surprise to me because i felt like a slug on the course! Here are a couple photos captured at the top of one of the very first climbs. I was fortunate enough to get a feed at this point, without it i would have died on the upcoming climbs.
This photo is of Fellow xXx racer Andy who raced the extremely competitive comp. race. He ended up finish in 8th, a strong finish on such a hard course!
I will be posting a video to youtube and post a link for it by the end of this weekend. A few video highlights include some great mass starts and a video of the sluggishness of my speed during the race!
