Nationals...and stuff
Well this past weekend was an awesome experience. In fact i was having so much fun i forgot to take many pics. The Racing was only part of what contributed to me having a great time. Meeting new people and cheering on the team probably topped the list even though my races when well. The short track start was at 8am. Now let me tell you it was cold....i mean thisisnt just texas cold, low low 20's is cold to anyone wearing simply spandex. The course was brutal but suited me well. I was near the back and worked my way up first three laps and major traffic. I got pulled with three laps to go but oh well. I ended up getting 25th out of 75. I was really happy with my result but Bryan and Collin killed it getting 6th and 8th. FLC just killed it. props to them as they really raced well taking 1,2,3. the girls did well as well taking 6,8, 10 and 20 i believe.
After Short Track it was mainly recovering and just hanging out. The overachievers did the omnium and raced basically all day, props to them way to go Caroline and Danae!
Saturday was another brutaly early wakeup call, 5:30am. We ate and got ready for the XC. This morning was colder then the previous day. It snowed on us during the start as well as during the race, something i havent experienced yet. Again I started almost on the back row but managed to have a good start and passed quite a few people. the first lap i felt really good....tooo good, as i worked my way into the low 20's i started the long, rough downhill. By the bottom i had kinda shut down and starting the lap again posed some trouble. I went backward but held strong at the top, passed a few on the downhill and finished 31 out of 86. Once again i was happy but the days props deffinately went to Bryan who threw down to end up on the podi only 1:30 or so back from the winner. Collin had a great race as well finishing 8th. Brad finished 20th with a great second lap. The woman killed as well with a 4th, 6th, 7th and 20th.
Now after the race, and im talking right after the race the real festivities began. Little did i know that natioanls would be the ultimate fiesta to conclude the whole season which began this Feb. Well all im gonna say is lots of people, lots of boose, lots of crazy stuff and a huge naked crit. The Day/night/morning was one huge blur that while it lasted 22 hours was over too soon. the weekend was a blast with too much to talk about. Great job to everyone that raced. While we got second to FLC im convinced that we would have won without our catestrophic mens 4cross.But hands down FLC also deserved the W as they raced superb this weekend.
the pre ride:
Bryan:
Collin:
Womans XC start:
Collin had enough "recovery drink" that he felt like running a marathon:
he also felt like getting naked:
Bryan was feeling real good when we took the charilift up:
How the water wasn't frozen i dont know:
The DH'ers also killed it sunday:
To a great weekend of racing!
After Short Track it was mainly recovering and just hanging out. The overachievers did the omnium and raced basically all day, props to them way to go Caroline and Danae!
Saturday was another brutaly early wakeup call, 5:30am. We ate and got ready for the XC. This morning was colder then the previous day. It snowed on us during the start as well as during the race, something i havent experienced yet. Again I started almost on the back row but managed to have a good start and passed quite a few people. the first lap i felt really good....tooo good, as i worked my way into the low 20's i started the long, rough downhill. By the bottom i had kinda shut down and starting the lap again posed some trouble. I went backward but held strong at the top, passed a few on the downhill and finished 31 out of 86. Once again i was happy but the days props deffinately went to Bryan who threw down to end up on the podi only 1:30 or so back from the winner. Collin had a great race as well finishing 8th. Brad finished 20th with a great second lap. The woman killed as well with a 4th, 6th, 7th and 20th.
Now after the race, and im talking right after the race the real festivities began. Little did i know that natioanls would be the ultimate fiesta to conclude the whole season which began this Feb. Well all im gonna say is lots of people, lots of boose, lots of crazy stuff and a huge naked crit. The Day/night/morning was one huge blur that while it lasted 22 hours was over too soon. the weekend was a blast with too much to talk about. Great job to everyone that raced. While we got second to FLC im convinced that we would have won without our catestrophic mens 4cross.But hands down FLC also deserved the W as they raced superb this weekend.
the pre ride:
Bryan:
Collin:
Womans XC start:
Collin had enough "recovery drink" that he felt like running a marathon:
he also felt like getting naked:
Bryan was feeling real good when we took the charilift up:
How the water wasn't frozen i dont know:
The DH'ers also killed it sunday:
To a great weekend of racing!
posted by blakeharlan at 8:30 PM
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