Wilkesboro, North Carolina.
The following is taken from Danielle's race report:
"There were about 270 people competing this year, with about 6-7 solo women. The race started with a Lemans style start around the pit area. Running was brutal. It was about 95 degrees out and we started in a field with no tree coverage. As much as I hate running, it was good that we did it to break up the all of the racers. After getting on our bikes we hit a long-ish climb that dumped into singletrack. I was the first female soloist to hit the singletrack but I knew that the other's weren't far behind. After the first two laps I had only 1.5 minutes on Carey Lowery (I
knew from past races how fast she is.)The course was so much fun that I never got sick of it. It's funny though, with each lap the downhills seemed longer apart and I felt like there was more and more climbing. I lost track of what time it was and what lap I was on. I figured that I would know when it was midnight because the race website advertised that there would be a "midnight alien abduction."
Morning came before I knew it and I was able to stop racing at 10:45. I finished in first place in the female solo division with 28 laps and was third overall out of the guys! Mark Hendershot was the over
all winner (32 laps) .Danielle's win added to her impressive results for the 2006 season - with wins at the 12 Hours of Addison Oaks, 7 Hours of Midland, Cannonsburg Challenge (singlespeed), and podium finishes at the Chohutta 100 and the Ouachita Challenge. Next up for Musto is the Founders Lumberjack 100.
