This past Sunday I participated in a race I have not done before, a six hour mountain bike race.  Basically the race consists of you hoping on your bike and riding as many laps as you can in six hours. The race was hosted by Heather Rizzi, a pro rider now riding for GT Bicycles.

The race was at the trails in Schenectady’s Central Park. If you have not ridden these trails recently you really should get out there and give them a spin.  A full loop is about 5.5 miles.  At a race pace, the really fast riders can do it just under 30 minutes, I was able to ride a loop around 35 minutes.

There are lots of fun technical features on these trails, you get to experience bridges, logs, skinnies, and a small jump you can take which gives you a nice advantage over the easier but longer ride-around.

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