University MTB Cup Series

Hey guys, sorry it has been a while since an update. Ive been super busy with school, biking, and some unfortunate events that have happened. But I've cleared some time to write to you now!
An update on my last three races of the year. There is a sweet inter-university (and college) series that is hosted by UofT. With UofT, guelph and queen's being the big teams, mcmaster is trying to get ourselves a presence out on the trails! If you, or someone you know rides bikes and is still in school get them to come out! Its tons of fun and super laid back. Everyone is just there to have a good time and get rid of school stress. Info can be found here: http://mtnbike.sa.utoronto.ca/oumrc/oumrc_mission.htm Of course if you want to get involved with the McMaster Cycling club you can join the facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/mcmastercycling/

The first race was a weekend of events at Mansfield that I missed due to the centurion. I did it last year and it was tons of fun, i would suggest anyone that has the opportunity to come out to the Mansfield race to do so. There's a time trial, crit (mtb spin on it which is tons of fun) on Saturday, you camp out for the night and race Sunday.
The second race was at Boler mountain in London. This venue was to try and get more western riders out, but they weren't coming so we will be saying good bye to this course next year. It was a lot of climbing, each lap we went up the ski hill, and there were no shortage of climbs once we got to the top. There was a sick little jump and a lot of fast single track. An awesome course overall.
The third race was at hardwood. Unlike boler, this course was wet and slippery. Being a 'roadie' I was immediately at more of a disadvantage. I took it a bit easier on the technical sections and just had fun with it. Hardwood has tons of fun singletrack, I always love riding here!
The last race was at Ganaraska Forest. It was pouring rain the day before, and the morning of. It was a mud bath! I had been having some problems with my knee since thanksgiving weekend and was hoping it would be better. This and a few other factors led to my first ever DNF. My body went through a lot in its first real season of racing and training and it called it quits. Lap times were super slow and I didn't want my knee to get any worse so I pulled the plug a lap early. It was a really fun course just wish I felt better.
You might notice I didn't mention my results :p Last year I tied for first in the Mens B division. (last year I tried my go at mtb ocup racing so I was a bit more familiar with the trails). This year I moved up, and wasn't as fast on the mountain bike as I hoped. Just an excuse to train harder for next year! If your still curious I was at the bottom of the list :p I will post some pics from boler under the pictures tab.
Results of all events can be found here: http://mtnbike.sa.utoronto.ca/results.html 
Congrats for McMaster taking 5th in the team standings! No garmin data (if you really want to see it im sure you could get to it from my other links). The edge 800 didnt track in the woods so well. Maybe I have to take it off road only or something. Just didnt get the distances right but ohwell!

Well this is it for my race season, I will keep you posted with some of my off season shenanigans and maybe some product reviews. Have to thank my coach Jeff Kehler for all the help this year, I've grow a ton. And of course couldn't have done any of this without the support of my family and friends!