Dave Yacobelli and Paul Speranza ventured down to the Micheaux State Forest in southern PA for the epic 62 mile Iron Cross race. The course starts in cyclocross fashion with a spiral and 2 sets of barriers before leading into a fast dirt road out of Camp Thompson, the onto an interesting mix of dirt road, trail, singletrack, dirt road climbs, steep dirt road climbs, steeper dirt descents, more single track, 2 huge run ups (more like climb ups) and a little bit of pavement. Did we mention there is a lot of dirt road and trail? ... Guessing there was 6 to 7,000 feet of climbing. A perfectly chilly fall morning gave way to temperatures in the low 70s by mid race. It is a mass start race with racers staged by expected finish times. Dave Y started off fast and furious running in the top 10 most to finish finished 2nd in the Masters and 12th overall. Paul S salvaged an early mechanical (broken rear rim/spoke) and got to practice his trail side wheel truing :) The repair was good enough to finish mid pack in a little over 5 hours. Overall an awesome event put on by Mike Kuhns and sponsored by Stan’s Notubes.com.
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