I rode the Canmore Crux gravel race yesterday. It was my first real race scenario in that sort of setting so I had low expectations. It was 5 laps on the same course at the Nordic Centre with a surprising amount of elevation (my watch said 1800m total elevation gain over 83km). My legs were cramping really bad on the final lap but I still made it out. I saw that about 20% of the riders registered for the full distance DNF which I think speaks to the difficulty.
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