Boggs IV Race Report – Awesome!
Boggs IV was yesterday. Ja Mon and I raced – here’s the race repot:
Early wake up call – 5am at my house. After a 2+ hour drive, we arrive in Cobb, CA. Drive up the fireroad to the campsite/starting gate to find the other 400 racers getting ready. We had plenty of time to prepare which was great – nothing worse than being late to a race.
After a trip to the john, I take my place at the starting line. We decided I would ride first – after a quick hello to Bobby McMullen, I was off to a lung bursting sprint up the fireroad. What I would soon find out, this was basically to get the hole shot for the single track entrance. Needless to say, I didn’t get the hole shot. It was ok though – going to be a long day in the saddle.
Lap distance was 8.53 miles by my calculation. I get back to the transition area to find Ja ready to go. I forgot to set my GPS – my guess was around 55 minutes or so. So it was to my surprise that Ja came rolling back through the transition area in 29 min. Good thing I was ready to go…come to find out he may have missed a turn on the course. Either that, or the Anthem was money well spent.
So overall, Team DME did 7 laps. Weather was perfect, the vibe was super cool up there – people were cool to let you pass if necessary, as well as polite when passing us. I ended up riding my Blur all 4 loops. I probably could have ridden the Stumpjumper – there were people out there on hardtails. But it was rocky in spots, and overall just a super fun course. Much more enjoyable on the BLT. We could have done another lap (or maybe even 2) but due to time constraints (having to drive the 2+ hours home), we called it quits after 7. Drank a few beers, packed up the truck and took off.
All in all – absolute killer race. With that said, I think next year will call for camping either Friday or Saturday night…or both. Make a weekend out of it. Driving up and back on the same day makes for a long one. Plus it appeared that the campground was going to be partying last night – New Belguim was out with kegs, campfires were already going…good times I imagine.
But yeah – Boggs will be an annual event for me going forward. Well run race, great course, great vibe, and awesome location. Not going to lie – if I was to camp all weekend – I would put it up there alongside Downieville as an annual event. Let’s make sure DME is there next year!
Not sure what bike I’m going to ride yet–hopefully the RFX will be built by then but since I have to do the climb I am leaning toward riding the Blur.