What a blast we had in Terlingua, TX during the fourth endurance event in the TMBRA series! The weather was perfect, (in the 80's), and there was little wind...which made camping a bit easier than years before so I'm told.
The area is beautiful and the course was amazing. It was a mixture of open desert single track and one long jeep road climb known as Tres Cuevas. (3600ft!)
We camped out on Friday night before the race and Saturday night after the race.
My race was 100K (62.5 miles), so I had to complete two laps around the course.
Believe me when I say that I had to dig deep on the second lap - especially on the climb.
Despite a crash on the 1st lap...I finished the race in great time. I came in 10th place in my class out of 70 starters in a time of 5hr 18min 56sec, and I was less than a half hour behind the fastest finisher in my group. The icing on the cake for me was receiving a check for $50 for all the suffering. Not bad!!
Can't wait for this race again next year!!
