Little Su 50K alias leg burner

This past weekend I had a privilege to race the little sister of the Susitna 100 race called Little Su 50K. After long week of fucked up random acts of a human scumbag including stealing my car along with my bike, I thought that the race is lost and the pleasure of riding in Alaska backcountry with about 125 of the finest bikers, runners and skiers is not gonna happened. BUT! my bike was recovered in full glory and I was at the start bright and early on Saturday morning at 11 am.

The weather was balmy around 28 degrees along with the sunshine and the pace was fast until about mile 8 when the beautiful hard snow was changed to sugary leg burning pain. That is where I lost contact with the front group and suffer by myself for about another 8 miles. Lucky enough the trail switched back to nice and hard surface so hurrey! I go turning and churning the cranks to the finish. Last 3 miles was in the name of a cramps but who cares when is so nice outside and you are on the bike.

Anyhow, I finished  top ten and had a freaking blast. Afterall, the whole week was just so screwy that even if it would be shitty weather and I had to walk out due to defect I would still be happy.