GCC Athlete Sharon Brown (shown here with a great mud tan) took second place in her group at the Off Road Assault on Mt. Mitchell! This was an epic 63 mile off-road course with over 11,000 feet of climbing.
An excerpt from Sharon’s race report says it all.
“The sky opens up on the gravel road. I can’t see squat ~ either I have on fogged glasses or I have rain hitting me in the eye (not to mention possible gravel coming up). It rains for about thirty minutes. By the time I get to Kitsuma, the trail is thick mud and wet roots. I half push, half ride the mile to the top. I start trying to ride down but the trail is in terrible shape and I am sliding everywhere. I end up mostly walking miles downhill. There is one really steep section where there is a large tree down. I get off my bike, step up on the tree to haul my bike over and the next thing I know I am on my hip with my hands and feet in the air on the other side. ow. It takes me an hour to go down what I could have rode in twenty minutes. Finally, the pavement comes into sight!!”
And that was after something like 7 hours of riding in 100-degree weather. Great job, Sharon!!!
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