I was talking to Iron Mike Walling, veteran XXC racer the other day. He recounts going to the line a few years ago at XXC events and there only being 4 guys there to race. Things have changed a lot. XXC focus has evolved as bike technology has made this kind of effort more accessible to the masses, and those of us who like a little more pain for our race entry dollar have all but abandoned 2 hour XC races. $45 for 7000 feet of climbing, 35 miles of burly singletrack, and no USAC license required? Now THAT is a purchasing value. A big pile of masochists showed up to the line for the Hoo Ha! XXC over at Massanutten.
Cyclingnews coverage of the Hoo Ha! is here: http://www.cyclingnews.com/mtb.php?id=mtb/2009/jun09/hooha09/hooha092
Full results forthcoming.
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Definitely a tough race. The cyclingnews link now has full results. Dave T, Chris C., and I raced the XXC, and Jim S. was out there racing XC, so we had a good turnout for the Bike Factory Racing team. I think of the riding there as "character-building": it makes you concentrate on clearing rock gardens, cleaning ultra-technical descents, or maintaining traction on super-step climbs when you're completely aerobically maxed out.
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