South Kakilaki

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Schools out, warm weather is here, and there is a race to be found every weekend.  Does life get any better?  So with a full tank of gas and coming off a much needed rest week I decided to head to Spartanburg, SC for the Stump Jump.  After some 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place finishes I headed to SC with high hopes of a good shot at claiming that number 1 spot that has seemed to elude me so far this season.  The course was covered in roots so i put the the big wheels to use to drop my little wheeled counterparts on the first lap.  After maintaining a 1 to 2 minute gap on the second place rider for most of the race, I began to settle in and just hoped nothing catastrophic would happen to my bike.  But by the end of the third lap I began to notice that I wasn’t sweating anymore and all that was coming out of my pores was salt and that my black shorts weren’t so black anymore.  Digging deep I was able to make it to the feed zone before any kind of heat exhaustion set in.  After sucking down some electrolyte replacement and a little sip of hammer gel out of the flask I was able to finish the last lap still holding on to first place.  I never knew first place would hurt so good.