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Wolf River was a great course. I guess it was a bit bumpy in some of the open sections, but mostly I just enjoyed the smooth singletrack. It was good to have some challenging technical climbs. My legs felt pretty lame on the preride, even while it was a blast to be pulled around by Meghan and Don for a couple of laps. I felt better on the start. Got boxed in but moved around some ladies on the first climb, then chased alone behind the front group until Andrea caught me. After that, it was solitary and I was chugging along slowly. I just don’t have the fitness right now to nail it through the entire race, and I miss that. But, I really did enjoy the smaller victories of improving my lines each lap, and the course was really fun.

Sadly, I broke my matte black metal paragon frame at the race - crack in the seat tube. I don’t know if I was more sad about that, or my Darkest Hour sticker. How I’ll miss it. Fortunately, I know a guy who was able to build up my warranty upgrade by Tuesday night. Brand new Superfly! I rode it at Lapham on Wednesday and it was great. Really felt good on the climbs, and I felt like I was on top of the gear quicker in the flats. I only had to give AndyS the evil eye and a couple elbows to keep him from dropping me.