Lots of bike set up choices at the start. Mostly cross bikes with a mix of cross tires and larger volume road tires. I chose the Roubaix Pro tire - 25 casing with a 23 tread, not a horrible choice but probably not the best choice. I think an old school 28 or 30 file tread cross tire would be the perfect choice for the dry condition H8TR we had. Ben Popper had an interesting find in the parking lot pre-race and it found it's way to his SWEET new Rock Lobster
Once the truce of the neutral start was over all hell broke loose. I had no idea what was coming and then...

The H8TR was fantastic despite my lack of endurance this time of year. It was great to see all my friends from the last cross season out for a spring punishment. Next year I will have to put a few more miles in my legs before I make my trip back out to H8trville, but I will be back - It was just too much fun. Maybe, just maybe I will get my gravel crazed teammate from down south to make the trip...