Yesterday was race #3 in the Seattle Cyclocross Series. I'm not even sure where it was. Enumclaw? Sumner? Moving along...This weekend's venue was a farm with grassy pastures and plenty of cow pies to ride though. I guess this course is typically very muddy but it turned out to be pretty dry (yea!).
I arrived somewhat early, warmed up for a few on the trainer then took a quick practice lap. I had been eyeing the "downhill from hell" from the comfort of my trainer and wanted to give a try. It looked really scary from the top, but not so bad once you got going. I even lined up early. Come to find out it wasn't necessary as I was "called up" to the front of the group with few other ladies. This was a pleasant surprise and really helped me establish a good lead from the start.
The first lap really sucked. I couldn't breathe and my stomach was on "E" despite choking down 2 Gu's right before the start. Even though I felt bad I was still able to keep the pack behind me. Laps 2-3 were more of the same and I traded places with a few women before eventually dropping them. The last lap was a string of "on your left" and "passing on the inside" while I tried to get around some of the slower men. Most were cool about it but some dude tried to outsprint me. Whatever! I passed him anyway and took 4th out of 28 :)
Thank you to my cheerleading squad-it was cool to hear my name all over the course ( Eric, Julie, Jan, Jerry, Stacy and my co-worker Sherri).
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