Mean Joe Queen - Amature Mooto-X Pilot

It's almost time for Snake Creek Gap round #2. SCG #1 went very well. We had some real good times with some real good folks. Most people had better than expected results despite mechs and weather/trail conditions. I had a personal best by about 8 minutes. Jeffy killed it again. KRS rocked it for his first time out stomping me by a full 12 minutes. J5 pulled an awesome time despite several flats. Scott, despite not riding since November, managed a strong finish. ScraffyZ and several others from the Nashvegas area finished their first time out too.








Snake isn't so much a race as it is a battle to finish and survive. It's hard. Really hard. It's fun. Really fun. It hurts bad. Really bad. I'm stoked that there are still 2 more to go. The trail is fun and tough. It leaves you with nothing in the tank. The folks who put this on are top notch. It's probably the funnest race of the year and a lot of that has to do with how it's run. They had volunteers all over this 34 mile trail cheering, taking photo's, lending a hand at the aid stations, and offering encouragement as you roll on by. Oh yeah, serving chili and pasta salad at the finsih line. BTW: Photo cred to the folks at Northwest Georgia SORBA










Hopefully, round #2 will be a little dryer. The forecast for snake round 1, on Friday, was sunny Friday and Sunny Saturday and 50 degrees. We ended up getting rainy Friday and Saturday 30's, and overcast something fierce, as illustrated in the above pictures. The forecast for this weekends race is the same, sunny and 50's. I'm bringing my rain and cold weather gear this time.