Josh Tostado

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Cohutta 100 – 2010

April 28, 2010

The 2010 race season started with a bang literally. I woke at the usual 5am wake up call and got myself ready for the Cohutta 100, the first race in the NUE race series. It had been raining off and on all night long and was raining in the morning. By the time of the start of the race at 7am it had stopped and was trying to clear up and actually made for a beautiful morning. For the first 30 miles of the race I found myself in the lead pack of five riders I was felling great so I decided to go to the front and do some work. I traded pulls at the front with Jeff Schalk until about 35 miles in, and then at the second aid station, I had a slow transition and lost the group. After that I put a really hard effort to try and catch back up, but all I did was blow myself out. Now I was really starting to hurt, feeling the affects of all the work from earlier in the race.

By about 65 miles in the rain really started to come down with some extremely close lightning strikes. I’ve never really been very afraid of lightning, if it wants to hit you, it will. It rained hard for most of the rest of the race and I lost a couple more spots at the end and finished in 6th, not bad at all for my first race since October. This was the best I’ve ever felt in the first race of the season so I’m really happy, and from here I go to Ashville, NC to ride until Dirt Sweat and Gears, so life is good.

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2020 Race Schedule

February 15-16th – 24 Hours Of Old Pueblo, AZ
March 14th – True Grit Epic, UT
March 28-30th – Moab Rocks Stage Race, UT – POV Filming
April 16-19th – Sea Otter Classic, CA – Working For Infinit
April 24th-26th – Whiskey 50, AZ
May 9th – 12 Hours Of Mesa Verde Duo, CO
May 16th – Royal Gorge 12 Hour, CO
June 6th – 12 Hours Of E-Rock, CO
June 20th – Baily 100, CO
June  23rd-25th – Outdoor Retailer, CO – Working For Infinit
July 25th – Butte 100, MT
July 30th-Aug 2nd – Downieville Classic, CA
August 16-21st – Breck Epic, CO – POV Filming
September 18th-20th – 12 Hours of Albuquerque, NM
October 22nd – AZT 300, AZ

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