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@MadisonDan I crashed there too. I think I was following all your lines yesterday.

I second the recommendation on this race. Done it for all of its 3 years so far. Racing through the skate park, singletrack, and urban setting is always a blast! And the Laurel/Amity Bike Club is the bestest (after MTBNJ, of course)!

Some random thoughts about today's awesomeness at Elm City, New Haven, CT. They had 6" yesterday, but when I arrived, I was surprised to see the juniors whipping around the course quite quickly. There was a nice mud line forming in the center. This course is pretty flat with one long climb...

@MadisonDan Always love your race vid's! I'm glad you moved up from 4/5, b/c you being in the front was too boring. :D

@seanrunnette quite enjoyed reading your race report while we drive towards Acadia. I too executed the race plan poorly with no shoe spikes. It was a rude wake up call that more time needs to be dedicated to race prep. Btw while I was out there struggling and hating life, i also had two...

Highlights from yesterday - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10207316361170953.1073741840.1343113635&type=1&l=4312c01d43. There's a couple videos posted here as well - https://www.facebook.com/events/586686588136964/.

Here's a video of the first week's race - Please ignore how slow I am. I'm just a killa' B. :rolleyes:

In case some of you guys are close enough for a mid-week trip up north...

Always a wonderful ambassador, Pixy! That video got me all psyched for Blue.

So I missed two double day points. Sounds like it's possible to grab those this week. So here's an example of my excuse at paltry numbers. I swam at 6am this morning, so an hour spin around the neighborhood before the weather hits. 1 hr x double points = 4

Got to ride dirt today. First time, and of course I forgot to dig out my odometer. I was out there 1:40 *.75 ride time ~= 1:15. It's about a ~10 mi loop. 2 points.

Stopped in to check for conditions for the short track and found this. Fun! I'm quite late to the party, but can I play in Sport too? My numbers are so modest, and I don't do GPS, but you won't mind, right? 3/9/13 - road, 55:00, 14mi, double pts - 4 pts 3/11/13 - road, 58:00, 14.7mi - 2...

That's what I've got too - a Rhodesian mix, a pound dog. Sadly, she is too old to go far anymore, but she was a trooper in her hey-day. She did a 13 mile loop with us around the Smokey Mtn Natl Park "mountain people" houses in her earlier years. Since she is very protective, she is always...

In retrospect, my favorite races are the ones I did well at... but that isn't hugely dependent on the factors you ask about. So to generalize, I like races that aren't too far away, are shorter rather than longer (2 hours of riding is ideal), don't discriminate against my geared bike, and don't...

How'd you guess? ;) Totally fun clinic - her and her husband are super nice and spent so much time with us.

This is for you, RC.

Oh, a comment on lack of time and training... I have several friends that agree with me... we race to get fit. There's no way you can push yourself as hard as you would in a race. It's the best training program IMO. And when I was starting out, riding with other women definitely helped...

I've always thought it a weird thing in biking that as you move up in category, the races get longer. You have no choice to race stronger riders but not go longer. Not the case for other sports I participate in such as running and swimming. In those cases, you choose your distance, and...

That would be interesting swag... bags and shoes!

Same request as about one year ago - Combine cat 2 women classes like what happened with Cat 1, except perhaps for the juniors. Or go back to drawing the over/under category line at age 35. Yes, swag would be nice. Maybe one cat 2 category, with prizes 5 deep, like Robin said.