Down to North Carolina...

Clearly the culmination of the season is coming at Spectacross next weekend, but this coming weekend is the Off-Road Assault on Mt. Mitchell. As always with "casual" enduro racing, the question remains:
a) do I go easy, eat often, and generally cruise...thus riding for 7+ hours
or
b) do I go slightly harder, waste less time, and finish quicker.

Yes, going harder requires...well, going harder... but being on a bike for possibly 1-2 hours longer has its drawbacks as well.

As a reminder of what you're missing (shame), here is the profile:


The trek begins Thursday.

Bonus notes:
After gifting my Nevegals to Molly, I've been riding garbage 1.8" Panaracers for the last 6 months. NO MORE! Worst tires ever. Coming in the mail today is a 2.0" Kenda Karma for the rear and a 2.1" Kenda Excavator for the front. Finally back to decent rubber.