Border Battle and Avon RR

Two weekends ago I went and did the Border Battle. It was my first mtn bike race in 3 years excluding tandem. It was a lot more single track than I anticipated, but it was fun. I flatted on the third lap, took my time and changed it and finished.

This past weekend, I did the Avon RR Masters 35 plus. It had a decent climb in it which we had to go up 5 times. Usually I avoid races that require small chainring climbs, but decided to do it. The race finished with the 1k climb. I decided to big chainring it on the last lap and see what happened. Well I was good for 600M and then went Kaboom.