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I looked at the elevation chart for the
Bukk marathon, and thought that the
distance and elevation is like Saddleback.
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Yeah, it will be a little tough, but I
do OK. Well, it was a lot tougher then
I thought...image the 100 km!
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So, I got to Budapest, and the next day
Feri and I packed up his car and went
to Eger to party.
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It had been a while since I did a real
mountain bike racing road trip, and
it felt real good.
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More than 600 racers showed up for the
race, and it was really cool to see that
some riders still had MBAH jersey's.
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It was good to see people I had not seen
in a long time. Here is one of the original
Ronto Bonto riders - Godzilla.
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You know, it had been more than 3 years
since I had been to a Hungarian race,
and it was good to see a good turn-out.
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The start area was really crowded with
so many excited riders, even the threating
rain didn't dampin the spirits.
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The first couple km were on the road,
which helped string out the starting
pack before the trail.
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Most of the climb was on jeep trails,
and the weather was warm and dry. Some
parts were muddy though.
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It was so good to be in the green forests
of the Bukk mountains again. I miss all
the green, but not the bugs!
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Some of the features of the Bukk
added some variety to the endless
green of the forests.
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The last climb was rediculusly steep,
and the group I was riding with took
it easy going up, and took my photo.
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The party riders, as we called our
group of hung over riders. On the down
hill section, one rider earned his marks.
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Feri did well with the 100km race, but
got a little dirty. Just another day of
professional racing.
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