Great race - well organized and well supported. I met Bob Thompson's widow and she was so gracious about the participation and wouldn't hear of a compliment for hosting it ... super nice woman.

Doing the mountain metric race has inspired me to shoot to complete the infamous annual September Six Gaps Century - 10,000' of combined vertical climb over 6 Gaps over a 100 mile stretch of the north Georgia mountains.


The race was well supported and food plentiful ... but there was a lack of beer availability at the finish line. A cold beer waiting for me after the 12 minute brick run upon completion would have been nirvana!

Ran for 12-15 minutes at a sub-8:00/mi pace ... just about killed me.


Legs. The last climb was Wolf Pen and over three miles of vertical climb. My legs were fried halfway up the hill; it was nothing but grit to keep the wheels spinning, sometimes as slow as 4 mph, and not jump off to rest and/or push the damn thing up the mountain.


Love the race and cannot wait to do it again next year. Cycling events are great - the people are absolutely fantastic and helpful. Ended up passing out both my spare tube (Rocketman) and patch-kit to a random stranger ... and glad that I have been able to pass on/repay the favors I have received in other races.

It is things like this that make our sport great. (Although the roadies at the finish line gave us looks like we were nuts for jumping off our bikes and putting on our running shoes for a run around the perimeter ...especially the killer pace that Brett kept.)