XC Sport 40-44 Time: 1:45’19″ 50th place out of 101 My fourth time at Sea Otter and first time racing sport there. Got down to Monterey a little after 7AM, driving in some thick fog. It wasn’t that cold but it was foggy and they decided to delay the start by around 30 mins, I [...]

This is the big race: you spend almost an entire season preparing for it and when the time comes you are not ready. This year the beginner class race was on Friday afternoon: I didn’t plan too well for traffic and stuff so I arrived at Laguna Seca few minutes after 3PM, a little too [...]

Day started really early at 4:30AM as I had to drive down from San Jose to Monterey, Left at 5AM and got there around 6:10AM. Along the way I found some heavy rain in a couple of spots, but when I arrived in Laguna Seca sky was covered but no rain. Got a nice parking [...]

This was my first mountain bike race ever: it’s a great sport event and I recommend it to anyone willing to approach racing, as it is a lot of fun and adrenaline. Sea Otter Classic Home Page Beginners 35-39 XC Results BrightRoom.com Pictures VIDEOS End of the race for Zen Turtle Some more pics from [...]