Thursday, September 15, 2005

Results?

I raced last weekend as planned. It went pretty well. I made a ton of money, which is always a great thing. I won both women's races, but only because no one else was there. Really that was not that big of a deal because they paid me for 1st place both days and they threw in a $50.00 cash prime for the first lap of the Flint Ridge circuit race. Anyone who has ever done Flint Ridge knows that even by yourself, it is hard to win a first lap prime. The course is so hard. It is only a 5 mile loop, but there is a ton of climbing in that 5 miles. It is maybe the hardest course I have ever done. And especially by myself, it was like a really hard training ride. But since I was the only girl, I didn't have a lot of motivation to push too hard. Friday night I raced with the cat 4 men. It was like interval after interval after interval. Sprint sprint sprint and then brake brake brake for 30 minutes. And then one more really hard sprint to the finish line. I ended up 7th out of 20 guys, so that was cool. I made it in the money too. It is always nice to beat men out of the money. They usually don't like that but it helps womens racing earn a little more respect from the men. So, all in all it was a good racing weekend for me. We stayed at Chad's sister's house so no hotel cost. And we got to see Peter E. sleep in Barbie sheets! It was the best!

I'm not sure if I'm racing this weekend. Maybe next weekend for the Mercy crits. Then off to Interbike in Vegas!!! After that CX starts.

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