The fifth day was Saturday- a really busy one with most of the juniors riding in the morning and the single speeds at the end of the day. First up were the 11-12 year olds and Remy Schmidt slid and slided his way to 11 place. In the 13-14 group Sterling Woodson toughed it out to finish 62nd in a huge field. In the 15-16 age group Dan English passed a good number of riders to finish in 8th while Nate Vahlberg did very much the same riding from very far back to finish 37th.
Somebody found some team color donuts. I didn't have one but supposedly they were very tasty. It was nice to have a bit of a break before the last two races of the day- they would be hectic as the single speed fields are usually the largest of the whole week.
This photo of Hannah Dillard was how she looked every time she rode by in the women's single speed race. Nice to know that even in an event as difficult as this one that someone can be having the time of their life. She would finish 12th.
In the men's single speed race we had a mob, even with several of out team unable to make the trip. Aaron Bradford, Eric Brown, Brendan Lehman , Kyle Taylor and Fred Mills were our five entries in the race so every minute or two you would see a lobster rider . It was a very entertaining race as more than 150 riders were on the course. Aaron Bradford had to start near the back but moved up quickly to finish 7th. Brendan Lehman had a mechanical during the race that cost him a lot of time-seems that none of us were in the pit for the single speed race- a major oversight but he still finished 32nd. Fred Mills having been off the bike for nearly a month still did well finishing 46th. Kyle Taylor rode strong from pretty far back in the field to finish 69th. Bad luck hit Eric Brown as a mechanical took him out of the race about a lap and a half in.
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