Muddy Mountwood

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  Started out to be such a nice week, sunny skies and temps in the 70s.  Until race day came along……

I said I wouldn’t do it again, but sources told me that the trail was dry, so the only worry was the 80% chance of a light rain on race day.  I thought to myself “no matter what, it has to be better than last year”.  We took off in the rain at 44 degrees.  There was a much larger turnout for the pro/expert women’s class than in past years, with 10.

I pulled the whole shot off the start, primarily just for fun.  I knew it wouldn’t last with Betsy Shogren in the field.  She finished 11th in the pro women’s class at Nationals last year, what a result.  Sure enough she passed me after about 2 miles, I was able to keep her in sight for the next 1/2 of the race, then she was gone.  I finished in 2nd about 3 minutes behind Shogren.  I’ll take that.