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The last race of the SERC series wound to a close at Fontana Village this past weekend. The trails were pretty slick on saturday, although the short track course was decently dry (enough anyways). Spectating at the Short Track race later on saturday evening proved to be an interesting event. Team Junior Byron Rice raced the Amateur short track race and finished 6th amongst a field of competitors a good deal older than him. Although I warmed up on the short track course, I didn’t feel like suffering through the twelve minutes of maximum energy output required to race Short Track.
After a night of rain, the course was not in wonderful shape for the morning races. The race officials decided to cut both me and Byron’s categories to one lap instead of the planned two, which was a welcome change for both of us. Race coordinator David Berger said it well when he warned riders, “this is the most challenging course we run on this circuit, and these are about the worst conditions we’ve ever seen.”
One the race started, we had to worry more about the mud and the mountain than other riders. Byron and I were both able to win first in our own categories despite the rough conditions.
After a weekend of mud, rain, and mountain bikes, I am looking forward to a (hopeful) nice weekend of racing at Dark Mountain on the 23rd.

-Cameron Muir