Test 1: Hell on Wheels 40 minutes is a long time to ride in a circle right? I thought so too until we got to do our practice lap and I saw how many death trap gravel corners there were out there. The Ride was a full focus event, and that means the time go by fast! It felt kind of like being in a video game, Constantly trying to figure out were you could make a move for a pass. 2 out of the last 3 bike events I’ve been in major crashes and the other one I came out too hard and blew up on the back half of the event so I wouldn’t say confidence was at an all time high. I trained a lot of biking this year, but I don’t race much so my plan was simple: stay on the bike, and have back half gas. I decided to go for a higher cadence to try and save leg power for the end. The mass start was super aggressive and the pace on lap 1 was nuts. I fell back and settled into pace for 2 laps before starting to climb. I had a few good pacers with me early and we worked our way up a bit, but I got dropped...