A Thousand Words is Not Enough...

hmmm...a picture is worth a thousand words. When I asked a rider about a good place to take pictures he immediately said "at the sand mounds!". I faked enthusiasm. I had been there before, covering the race two years ago, and come away with good photos, but not photography that really tells the story. I have ridden this course before. That's right. I know that a competitor is dog tired at this point, hoping for a bit of rest, then this ten foot mound appears and requires all your energy, all at once. And if you have a tiny bit of fun in you, that hasn't been worn out of you by mile after mile of tepid pace, you produce an extra bit of energy to jump off the top of this mound. This mound is steep. Really steep. Like the kind of steepness that can tip you over backward. Does this photo tell that. No. Did I need to climb a tree to show the steepness? What angle did I not think of? If I knew I would have shot it! This is good but not great.