Today was supposed to be the MoMBA XC Classic, the last mountain bike race of the year in this area, and the culmination of my biking for the season. But it rained all night. Buckets. The race directors made the call to postpone the race early, based on the forecasted thundershowers overnight and through the day Sunday, and I have to say they made the right call. Racing on wet trails with some 200+ riders damages the trails, and that sucks, but when it’s this wet, it almost isn’t any fun. You spend so much time slipping and sliding that it’s hard to have any fun, particularly on a trail system like MoMBA, which has some sections that are a little tricky even when the grip is good.
Cancelling the race, which was also supposed to be the final event of the weekend for MOX, wasn’t something anybody wanted to do, but there just wasn’t any other choice. Hopefully the sponsors and riders will be able to make the rain date, and we’ll still have a nice, big turnout.
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