The last stop on the Indie Series calendar was the White River Revival near Crystal Mountain. I am SO glad it's over with! The course was awesome- I can't believe that we've never ridden down there before. I want to go back with Eric...next weekend!
The drive down was much shorter than I thought. I saw a funny yet ironic bumper sticker in Enumclaw- "I love my horse". You can read
this article if you really want to know more.
So I'm walking back to the car after registration and this black truck pulls up next to me...it's Richard! I see him in the most random places. Turns out he couldn't make the Oakridge 24 hr so he brought his singlespeed out for a spin.
The race start was moderately paced but 5 minutes in I hit a rooty mess and almost endo'd. I regained composure but not before 3 girls in my category passed me up. They took off like a mini-freight train and I never saw them again. Arrggh! We meandered through some super rooty singletrack and trees covered with lime green moss. It was such a neat area. Then we hit the 4-mile road climb and I pushed it hoping to catch up with the girls. No such luck. However, I did have the sweet descent all to myself. The views from top were amazing!
I rolled across the finish line in 4th...out of 5. Ugh.
However, I did take 2nd overall in the series! I won a t-shirt and one of those aluminum water bottles.
