Sunday was a great day for racing.  We made it out for the first time to the Domarski family ranch in Ware Mass for the 5th stop on the root 66 calendar.  It was a bit on the wet side with the usual New England style roots and rocks but with way more climbing then our normal sunday get togethers.  The course was 10miles in length with the pros and experts doing 2 laps.  I was excited because I like it when its wet and I like long courses especially.  One thing I forgot was maybe I should of changed my SoCal tires for a more sensible tread like a Farmer John or Dart/Smoke combo.  I was all over the place.  I was leading the first lap and bam down I went in the mud.  Luckily I was up and able to stay on the fast guy train of Justin, Seamus, and Adam until the second lap where I fell again in the same mud section.  This time the bars were heavily wrapped around everything and in need of adjustment.  It took me a bit to get going again and by that time I wasn't able to catch those guys, so a fourth place finish it was.    Aleksandra also had a great race winning the stacked womens field that started with the pro men.  She is not a big fan of the long laps but the technical muddy non stop fun made it all worth it.  She is starting to be more like me when it comes to mtb racing.  The more technical the better.  In the expert mens field Matty M keeps getting better and better.  He finished second this week with a rocking finishing time.  Also in racing news Bryna came in second with her new hot bike.  What a great weekend and thank you to Chris, Jill, and the Domarski Family.

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mike and Aleksandra