Fairhill 06

The results for the Fairhill MASS race have been posted. I have no idea why they have me (Joel Penano of Team Bike Line?!?) finishing in 40th place in the Elite field when, in reality, I didn't finish the race. I got lost somewhere around mile 20 and took a wrong turn. I saw a sign with the word "Elite" on the left, and slightly under it, the word "Sport" on the right (no course marshall in sight). I went left. Wrong! In my delirious state, I must have missed the little arrows next to the words pointing in the opposite direction. I ended up accidentally racing the Sport course (23 miles) instead of the Elite course (28 miles). So technically, that's a DQ. I told the race officials this as soon as I crossed the line and realized I had come in way ahead of the entire Elite field. The good news is that I had a pretty good time for the Sport cousre-- around 2:20, I'm guessing from the timer at the finish line and the start delay between the Sport and Expert classes. Great trails, but next year I'm bringing a GPS unit.