rosefarts

I got home from work the other day and my wife informed me that she’d signed me up for a mountain bike race.

Turns out it’s over 3000’ climbing in a 13 mile loop.

Sure sounds like a hill climb you’ve got to ride back down.

I don’t need to win but I’d like to get a good ride in. I do long ascents on the road and gravel as often as time permits. The local MTB trails don’t have climbs of more than a quarter mile.

Will road riding and bouncing around the local choss get it done? Aside from finding and doing big climbs, which I probably can’t manage time wise, is there anything to do?

I’ll show up either way.


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