More MTB racing!!

Haven't written in a while. The last two weekends was the Warda Race and Reimer's Ranch Race. Rich and i went to a wedding on Sat before the Warda Race and Kim Chance picked me up at Waxahachie rt after the wedding to drive to Warda! thanks Kim!! We had a good time. It was a good trip and i'm very happy i went. Warda folks put on a great event and they changed the course a little bit. It was more open and more of a power course. Kim and i ended up in 1st place!!! woohoooo!! Ranger Kim Jennings ended up with the fastest women's time. Way to go Kim!! I had an ok race but cramped near the end.

At Reimer's it was a true mountain bike course! It was a very fun technical course. Kim and i rode together again and we got there and prerode on Sat. Thanks to the Killebrew's for letting us stay at their place! What a great trail to have so close to their house! I got to see how technical the trail was on the preride. I realized quickly how important it would be to find the right line up the ledges. On the preride, i was able to clear all the stuff after trying it a couple times on some. I knew everything was doable but on race day it was a completely different story. At race pace, i was off my bike atleast 10x. I sucked it up on that trail! I thought i was technical until Sunday :p Race day, i had a great start. I was right behind Leslie up the climb and got in front of her at the single track. She and i were in front and had a small gap. I kept messing up on alot of the technical ups and apologized and told her she could go around me. She did so later. I stayed on her wheel for a bit but got tossed after a bit. Sara K caught up to me and we rode together for a while. She then got in front and gapped me on the technical stuff. I was right behind her hoping to follow her line up the ledges. On the last lap, I was rt behind her- she went up this big ledge with ease and i hit it so bad i took the breath out of me. After cyclecrossing my bike up it .. she was gone out of sight. I chased but every time i fumbled on the ledges i knew she was just that much more in front of me. I wish we had a trail like that in dallas!! I ended up in 3rd place. So overall, i really enjoyed the course.. i do love those kind of courses but it was an eye-opener on how untechnical i really am! :D

Kim chance broke her derailler on the first lap and had to dnf! :( Too bad because she would've kicked some butt!!

AND ON THE ROAD.. the LSW girls did great at Fort Davis! Tracie A ended up in 3rd place in the GC. Christina S in 4th, and Tammy in 6th. Way to go ladies! Great traiining too!