shortage of slabs, sand and end-
less rock gardens. The courses
were relentless as there was not
much transfer trail or smooth
areas to take a break, so arm
pump and exhaustion from the
roughness were felt by many.
Sunday's main race was a
three-lap affair with a six-hour
cutoff with Pro/A and amateur
splits, and the last lap had an
added final section for the Pro/A
racers. The racers started in
rows of 10 from Saturday's
results. Webb showed up to
check one in first, with Abbott
and Wentzel close behind. From
there, Webb began to extend his
lead and separate himself from
the pack, finishing lap one seven
minutes ahead of Wentzel.
In laps two and three, the big
-
gest obstacle became the ama-
teur lappers, which created chal-
lenges for the pros to find lines
through the field. In the final lap,
Webb dropped into the canyon
called Black Flag, which was an
intense down and up that they
had to complete before the final
finish. With spectators cheer
-
ing from above on the cliffside,
Webb climbed up this canyon in
Webb fashion, winning the Moab
Hard Enduro in two hours and 33
minutes. He said his arm pump
was the worst it's ever been and
that traction was really tough to
find out on the course.
The fight for the other two
spots on the podium was the fo
-
cus now, as there was a chance
that an athlete or two could
have made it on the podium for
the first time ever. Hard Enduro
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Branden Petrie made it a Sherco 1-2.
