Don't forget that this Sunday mtb racing returns to Waverly Park in southwest Jefferson County!
Waverly is simply one of the best trail systems you'll ever ride on. There's been a continuous improvement effort in place over the last several years that's resulted in some of the best designed and bench cut trails to be found anywhere. The park is only around 300 acres and I think that new riders will be pleasantly surprised at how much high quality trail can be packed into such a small area.
Even if we have some heavy thunderstorms roll thru later in the week, the trail will be in perfect condition come Sunday. The vast majority of trail is hard-packed fast draining single-track. Look for some fast lap times on Sunday, when taking into account the length of the course.
For those who have never visited Waverly, there's rollers (short, but steep climbs and dips) several decent climbs, and numerous sections of very well-designed singletrack, supplemented with well-built bridges to take some of the rough edges off.
The vast majority of the trail system is under heavy tree canopy, and the views of the forest are impressive!
You'll be hard pressed to find a better quality trail system anywhere, much less one you get to race on!
The forecast is currently calling for sunny skies and mid-80's temperature for race day; perfect conditions for an early August event.
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Wild On Waverly just keeps
Wild On Waverly just keeps getting better, year after year. A very elaborate start, and electronic timing were both new this year, in addition to some nice re-routes on the back side of the course.
Mountain Bike Depot did a fantastic job organizing and running the show, and also provided some great high quality give-aways (I scored a nice FOX sleeveless jersey).
Would've been nice to see even a few more racers show up, considering our central location and easy access via the interstates.
Note- if you've only been riding once a week or so, do not try to make up for the lack of saddle time by getting up in the morning and doing deep knee bends (duh). In the weeks leading up to the race I would get up early two or three days a week, and stretch and eventually built up to doing 150 deep knee bends each morning (in order to help my toothpick legs climb better). As if I wasn't slow enough before the knee bends, I was definitely slower afterwards, as the legs just didn't want to cooperate. Lesson learned, deep knee bends may help over the winter, but during the middle of the year, they may not be such a good idea!