Robin
Well-Known Member
whoa - 2 tags in one post today for me. Good thing for that "notification" thingy.
I decided to race the Master's category this year - and it's been the best decision I've made. I'm actually racing - not riding by myself in no-woman's land. I'm learning what/how to use strategy and having women around me. This is awesome.
Day 1 - out of the start, I was 3rd going up the little bump near the MTBNJ/EE tent area. Erin went down on the corner, me and another girl got around and shortly after that, I was in the lead. I knew another woman was on my wheel - and I tried to work with her...but it didn't happen (she fell off/vanished). I was out there by myself for 4.5 laps, when entering the "woods", I looked over my shoulder and saw a train of 3 women coming for me. FCKKKKKK. Erin was in that train, and with her power, I knew she would catch me on the last portion of the course. And she did - I finished 2nd.
Day 2 - the log was still in our race and while I considered hopping it, I opted for the safe choice. It started to rain as we were waiting for our countdown. This would make our race...interesting. I had a great start, moving into 2nd, behind Erin just after the "mud pit" (which was dry our 1st lap). I tried to stay on Erin's wheel for as long as I could. On our last lap, Erin put a gap on me...and I had a gap on 3rd. I don't remember much of the race, other than hearing @pearl yelling for me as I approached the finish, placing 2nd again.
Watched the rest of the day and saw lots of people - nice surprise to see the Pearl's and MTBNJ crew! Loving the new SPRINKLES kits - they are SHARP! Lance and I sat at the barriers for the 35+ race because we wanted to watch the gazelles (i.e. @Delish and others) run through the barriers. Damn...that is something else.
I decided to race the Master's category this year - and it's been the best decision I've made. I'm actually racing - not riding by myself in no-woman's land. I'm learning what/how to use strategy and having women around me. This is awesome.
Day 1 - out of the start, I was 3rd going up the little bump near the MTBNJ/EE tent area. Erin went down on the corner, me and another girl got around and shortly after that, I was in the lead. I knew another woman was on my wheel - and I tried to work with her...but it didn't happen (she fell off/vanished). I was out there by myself for 4.5 laps, when entering the "woods", I looked over my shoulder and saw a train of 3 women coming for me. FCKKKKKK. Erin was in that train, and with her power, I knew she would catch me on the last portion of the course. And she did - I finished 2nd.
Day 2 - the log was still in our race and while I considered hopping it, I opted for the safe choice. It started to rain as we were waiting for our countdown. This would make our race...interesting. I had a great start, moving into 2nd, behind Erin just after the "mud pit" (which was dry our 1st lap). I tried to stay on Erin's wheel for as long as I could. On our last lap, Erin put a gap on me...and I had a gap on 3rd. I don't remember much of the race, other than hearing @pearl yelling for me as I approached the finish, placing 2nd again.
Watched the rest of the day and saw lots of people - nice surprise to see the Pearl's and MTBNJ crew! Loving the new SPRINKLES kits - they are SHARP! Lance and I sat at the barriers for the 35+ race because we wanted to watch the gazelles (i.e. @Delish and others) run through the barriers. Damn...that is something else.