I was as ready as I could be without any sleep, my fault. The course was a down and back hilly course. It was steeper than I thought it was going to be and I had a tough time on the out going part of the race. One of the long steep hills kicked my butt and I lost site of my main competitor. Up until this point I was closing the gap... I saw him at the turn around but he had opened a big gap. I had my work cut out for me and he wasn't having any of it. I went after him as hard as I could. I hit my highest down hill speeds in over a decade and the hill wasn't that steep. I was passing other racers all along hoping it would be him with no luck. The was coming down one by one time was running out, I had 2 miles to go I see another racer thinking it was him... I went even harder to catch him with 1/4 miles to go I realize it wasn't him. I did close the distance down but not enough. This race was a great adventure and I left no fuel in the tank taking 2nd place in the 70+.