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Six Sigma Championship – 05/21/2022 – Daniel Gansmiller

My mom and I arrived at Six Sigma at around 1:10 on Friday, we were the first ones there and I had a lot of free time but the prerides of the course weren’t open until around 2:00 so I sort of rode around explored the area. It was pretty warm and I had heardContinue reading “Six Sigma Championship – 05/21/2022 – Daniel Gansmiller”

Six Sigma Showdown – 05/01/2022 – Felix Bloemraad

When I entered Six Sigma on the day of the race pre-ride, the first thing I noticed was how busy it was. Due to the other region that raced there that day, the large field that served as a parking lot was full of cars, tents, trailers, and more. Arriving at the El Cerrito tent,Continue reading “Six Sigma Showdown – 05/01/2022 – Felix Bloemraad”

Six Sigma Showdown – 05/01/2022

This weekend, 21 members of the ECHS MTB Race team participated in the NorCal Regional Semifinals at Six Sigma Ranch and Winery in Lower Lake. Riders lined up against other high schools from the East Bay all the way down to the Central Coast to ride a gorgeous, technical, meandering loop that was lined withContinue reading “Six Sigma Showdown – 05/01/2022”

Six Sigma Showdown – 05/01/2022 – Tristan Schonfeldt-Aultman

This race was going to be interesting. It was the first race of the season where varsity was going to go first at 8. I didn’t really know how I was going to handle that but I preferred it over waiting the whole day for our race. So we woke up and started warming upContinue reading “Six Sigma Showdown – 05/01/2022 – Tristan Schonfeldt-Aultman”

BHHR 4/23/2022 – DJ Kang

I had never done a road race before. I registered and knew it would be a long sprint. I kept up the whole way until we got to Castro ranch rd and my chain had problems going. I lost about 20 seconds and couldn’t recover and at that point knew just finish. I didn’t feelContinue reading “BHHR 4/23/2022 – DJ Kang”

BHHR 4/23/2022 – Will Diego

This was by far the most bizarre race I’ve done, mainly because I race XC and this was my first ever road race. Rather than an all out sprint at the start, the race began with a gradual ride down San Pablo Dam Road. For the first few miles I was in the middle ofContinue reading “BHHR 4/23/2022 – Will Diego”

BHHR 4/23/2022 – Jack O’Neal

Coming into this race with a week of riding this new bike I didn’t want to crash. For most of the race we were riding pretty chill except for when Grant put in some attacks to keep us on our toes. No one got off the front and the people at the front were playingContinue reading “BHHR 4/23/2022 – Jack O’Neal”

BHHR 4/23/2022 – Odin Simms

I came into this race with low expectations. Not because I didn’t think I was strong enough, but because of the day I had ahead of me. I planned to do this race, then immediately drive to Napa for a practice ride with my enduro team. I tried to be as competitive as possible duringContinue reading “BHHR 4/23/2022 – Odin Simms”

Modesto Flow 4/9/2022 – DJ Kang

I was going into Modesto, looking for glory. I did the preride and thought to myself, this course feels like a breeze. I got back to the hotel, hanging with the team and knowing I could manage my diet well the next morning. I made sure I had plenty of water and energy for theContinue reading “Modesto Flow 4/9/2022 – DJ Kang”

Modesto Flow 4/9/2022 – Finn Kaste

Back in October when I first read the 2022 race schedule and saw the race in Modesto, I thought it was an error. I couldn’t picture a mountain bike race course in flat, agricultural Modesto but to my disbelief, I soon found out that it was not an error. The pandemic derailed my sophomore andContinue reading “Modesto Flow 4/9/2022 – Finn Kaste”