This morning I went to Helena for the first cyclocross race of the season. The course started out on asphalt, with a brief climb at the beginning. It then turned on to a gravel road followed by a run up leading to an asphalt descent, which doubled back on itself to lead into singletrack. Afterword, it came to yet another descent on the road, leading into a technical section of singletrack, which gave way to barriers and a rideable run up.
I was luckily able to start on the first row and went off fast in a low gear, which gave me momentum for the first climb and allowed me to open a small gap on the run up. I then flew through the course until the technical single track which I hit in too high a gear and had to slow up. Two other kids from a Helena team tried to chase me down halfway through the race but I held on and got the win!
After the race we drove to an undisclosed hunting location to try for Blue and Ruffed Grouse. We flushed one into a thicket and went down to try and scare it out. we went down to the thicket and it flushed towards me, but disappeared into some trees so the shot was withheld. We later heard a shot and discovered that other hunters had shot the same bird.
nice job, brudda!
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