Not myself, My collarbone is in Two pieces So technically, it wasn’t 12 hours. It was more like 3. A brief recap of the day I showed up early just like I always do only to be met with a 100% increase in the parking fee at Vail Lake. This place is really exploited these [...]
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San Jacinto Enduro, 2011
November 3rd, 2011 
ChrisAV2 This was my second installment of the race. Last year, I finished in a total time of 8:22. This year, I bested that time by almost 30 minutes with a time of 7:53. My training was kind of lackluster leading into this race, so it was more or less just a test for the upcoming [...]
Rim Nordic #1, 2011
June 27th, 2011 ChrisAV2 Nervous. That is the one word that best describes how I felt last weekend. I was nervous for a few reasons. It was my first race in CAT1. It was my first cross country race since March. It was also my first cross country race up at Rim Nordic and I did not know the [...]
Big Bear 50
June 22nd, 2011 ChrisAV2 This past weekend, I took a trip up to Big Bear, CA for the inaugural Big Bear 50. According to the race director, it was not Big Bear’s first attempt at an endurance race, but they had not hosted an endurance race for some time. Logistically, it made sense for them to host an endurance [...]
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Tags: Big Bear 50, Chris Branson, Dons bikes of Rialto, Endurance, Mountain bike 
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12 Hours of Temecula #2, 2011
June 8th, 2011 ChrisAV2 What a day it was. I started off not too far from the front. My plan was to take it easy during the first part of the lap and then push harder as the day went on. I have never wished that I had pushed harder during the beginning of any race, so that was my goal [...]
