I rode the Greenway Challenge course again yesterday. 47 minutes, plus a little more. I definitely went out too hard this time. By the end I was making dumb line-choice mistakes because I couldn't see straight. I went the slow way around two separate trail features that I easily rode last time. I must remember to ride the straight line! I also had to get off the bike twice, once for a bad missed shift and once for a thrown chain. It is my opinion, then, that if I have a clean ride it'll be in the neighborhood of 45 minutes. The part before the sewage plant is flatter but more convoluted and twisty. I'll need to conserve my speed better so I don't need to accelerate so much. Then I'll have more in the tank for the second two-thirds of the course where the punchy climbing starts.
On the other hand, it's supposed to start raining tonight and then continue clear through Saturday afternoon. This will slow things dramatically as the whole course is covered with roots that'll be super-slick when wet. And the new sections will be softer than they already are... Oh, and the course will be littered with other riders. Maybe my practice times are a little optimistic?
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