The Curse of Dark Hollow

Is coming up. I can't wait. The Michaux races are the ones that I look forward to by far the most and it's where racing started for me. The courses are what all race courses should be like. Mountain biking should be about mountain biking. Sure, I know that not many places in PA can hold such a race, but it's still nice to dream about the possibilities. Last year's Terror of Teaberry and this year's Michaux Maximus were in my opinion the definition of a perfect course: starts off not too technical (so that you can get passed everyone without being held up in the rocks) and the trails keep getting better and better until the end. Unfortunatly, Teaberry was very different from what was advertised; 10 turned to 13, 25 turned to 32, and 50 turned to 46. Like I've said, I just can't wait and I'm counting down the days until one of the best weekends so far; Friday Mount Snow, then Dark Hollow on Sunday. I hear that Mount Snow is pretty technical, so it should be a good day. I really enjoy courses that seem to be as much about bike handling as leg strength (and I don't mean tight turns, but lots of big, oddly shaped rocks and roots), and feel that it should be a good weekend as far as performance goes. It'd be good for me to pull all of it together at Fair Hill to give me one last confidence boost for Nationals. Should be good...