1 week after Unbound Gravel I hopped on a plane and jumped the Atlantic for Finland Gravel. From the same folks that put on Steamboat Gravel I was looking forward to a good race. The course did not disappoint! We started on ski trails then got into the Finnish outback and ripped some really fun gravel and logging roads.
I finished up 15th after a small mechanical about 1.5 hours into the 5 hour race. The legs felt surprisingly good and I was happy to take a little mid season break after this one.
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14 Comments
Thanks for posting. Great race
No Valtteri Bottas sightings ?
Those darn mechanicals! Looking forward to your next race!
7:36 thought you were getting wrecked!
Pity… I think it’s time to upgrade to Locite, torx specs can be fine but to safeguard yourself just slap in the extra insurance!
At least you got a good result, that course looked epic, what a beautiful route.
Rest up and travel safe.
Does Emily ever get to travel with you?
Looks like you almost got taken out at 7:38
Too bad on your seatpost trouble. So you burned 1000 calories per hour, yet your intake was under 3000 calories total?
not being able to sleep on planes is such a curse, man.
Nice haircut.
They call those ski trails parcours. Great for all seasons. We have one here in State College.
I had a ''seat mechanical'' too in a gravel race last year Kerry. But it wasn't the seat post; it was the seat itself that tilted forward to about 10 degrees when I hit a bump pretty hard. With only about 15km to go I toughed it out much to the chagrin of my ass.😅
I love the idea of a gravel race with a nordic ski venue start/finish. That looked fun.
Amazing, Kerry! So glad you've got some fun time-down time in a beautiful place. Very cool you're headed to MTB Nat's, best of luck and safe travels!