The weather forecast for the Shasta Gravel Hugger was heavy snowfall, however I remained optimistic since I drove south for ten hours to California for the race. The morning of the race around six inches of snow accumulated on the ground and that kicked up the pre-race nerves and made me regret my decision of running gravel slicks.
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Gravel
With road season coming to an end in July, it made sense for me to put some gravel events on my calendar for the end of the summer. I had a feeling that I would enjoy the atmosphere and style of gravel racing, but little did I know how much fun and suffering could be had at the same time!
This past weekend I lined up for the last race in the Vancouver Island gravel series, the Burnt Bridge Classic. I have done a lot of gravel riding up in the area of the race, but had never done a couple of the climbs in the direction that the race went.