3km unplanned (run/walk).
I had a mechanical issue on my 24 mile mountain bike ride (preride of the course that I raced the following day).
At the bottom of a creek crossing I stood up to pedal and dropped my chain. When I realized I had one loose chain ring bolt and two completely missing!
I wanted an excuse to squeeze in a run last weekend so I set out on foot to see if I could somehow locate one or two of the missing bolts. No luck with that scavenger hunt but it gave me the excuse for the short run/walk and also to review the ride-lines for a couple of the most technical sections of the course.
Race day, did not clear either of those two technical features. But I did beat a couple folks in the open single speed category and got my best ever finish. Yay! All because of my little mid ride run I’m sure!!!!!
