Pedal by the Puddle
6-hour enduro race in Williams Lake – Pedal by the Puddle.
The night before the race checking out the times of the previous year winners for solo women Grace noticed she needed 6 laps to win. The pre-ride the night before was awesome but we only rode half the course not the crazy downhill which we soon learned about in the race. The race started at 10am and it was an all out sprint to take your place in line. The course was awesome lots of challenging logs to go over and some crazy downhills as we both almost launched into a ditch.
With no support and just a car to go back to – to switch out packs and get food there left little reason not to keep riding. Grace was in the lead for women’s solo early in the race and really didn’t want to do a 6th lap but knew that 6th lap would mean 1st place. Phil had a mechanical on lap 5 as his brake pads went into his router, not so good when the rest of the lap is all downhill but he made it to the end safely and in time to convince Grace to do that 6th lap. An awesome race and we will probably go back next year. See you at Pedal by the Puddle
