Labor Day Weekend was the inaugural Park City Point 2 Point 75 mile race in Utah. The race was almost all single track (98%) with about 14k of climbing and a mass start. Pua went out hard, taking the initial lead over the pro men and waking them up at the 7:00 am start.
After the first hour, the top ten men and one woman (Pua) had left the field and battled as they headed for the Deer Valley resort. When they reached the resort (after 2 hours) Pua had moved into 5th in the overall and had about a 15 minute lead over Amanda Riley (Kenda/Tomac/Hayes), who was in second for the women.
The five lead riders would separate even more from the almost 200 other racers and all would break the 8 hour time mark, with the overall winner, Alex Grant almost coming in under the 7 hour mark.
Pua had a great race and finished only 30 minutes back of the 1st place pro male for 5th overall and 40 minutes ahead of second place female (Riley) for the women's win.
The Park City Point 2 Point is considered one of the best in America and is a must-do race for any endurance Mountain Biker.
Good luck to all athletes racing 24 Hours of Moab. Pua and Chris Eatough will be competing.
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