Revi Hill Climb Sept 13 27 km road with 1,600 m in elevation
Marnie and I suffered in this race 4 years ago. They decided to add 3 kms, 2 at the start and a painful final km hitting 10 degrees.
Caravan of Banffites - joe bop,jess,keith,annette,liz,robbie,marnie and myself. Marnie fell end of July and hurt her knee. She went on the bike a few days prior to Revi, first time since the crash, but knee still hurt. Morning of the race she spun around but knee hurt too much and did not start - too bad as she would have killed it.
Stayed at Lisa's B&B - Cheeky Beaver, nice to have a home to crash,cook up a feast and sip some local Mt. Begbie beer and vino.
Race went well, tough to pace for 1.25 hrs uphill. Started too quick but slowed down into a comfortable rythym. Keith started 30 secs in front on me so I was trying to keep him in sights on the long switchback straightaways. He pulled away the last quarter and ended 1.75 mins ahead of me. Good for 11th, Keith 8th, beat Robbie by 3 secs.
Overall happy, being that I have had very limited riding time since August- 2hrs / week tops.
Sufferfest at it's finest. Great to see all types of humans out there, the 70 yr old man that started first and finished over 3 hrs made my day..inspiring.
Beautiful blue bird drive through Rogers Pass - pointing ski lines out to Marn around Asulkan Hut
See you next year
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