Bah. DNF due to rear flat. Sidewall tear on tubless tire and no spare tube or tools to patch sidewall and repair flat. This happened just before mile 2. Sucked. I felt I was doing well before the mechanical failure. Start was sort of chaotic and had more riders than I was used to dealing with. Normal XC races have about 30-40 in my AG but this race had 85. Going into the single track section at the start of the race was slow. Lots of people were stacking up and going slow down hill. Almost ran over 2 guys who washed out in front of me. I probably got too aggressive trying to pass on he down hill portions and that is were I most likely damaged my tire. Texas limestone can be sharp. There was lots to deal with on the trail. At least an early DNF left me lots of time to ride demo bikes and do a short bandit ride on the race course between the pro women's and men's races.

ride tires with thicker sidewalls next year for this race. Run tubes with slime in them in stead of a tubeless set up.

putz around on demo bikes on 1st portion of trail. Wait for team mates to cross finish line and chear them on.


flat tire.


would have been a tough race. hopefully next year I'll have better luck and not DNF