The long event is 11.6 miles and 3300', we did the shorter event which was 3.5 miles, with 500' of climbing, and over a thousand feet of knee pain descent. Melanie (NCS faculty) and Lucy finished 14th and 15th respectively. Lucy won some swag for being one of the fastest under 20 year-olds. I was smack-dab in the middle of the 90+ person field. I took the downhills slow and it still killed my knees.
