Wow, could you ask for a more perfect day? Rain from earlier in the week left the trail soft and slow on the way up, but the "downs"...UNBELIEVABLE! I don't think I have ever ridden downhill as fast as I did today, the dirt was just amazing! With a day like this, why hold back, here's the juicy juicy:
Bri: Earned 1st Place Beg. Woman for the NorCal series and her results at earlier races. Today she got 2nd place only a few minutes back of first and in front of 3 or 4 other sport girls. She is really getting this whole "Sport" thing down! She went from about 3.5 hours to 3 hours, to 2.5 hour finish times in her last 3 sport races. Pretty good progress! Today her most impressive feat was her ability to pass 10 people on the last 7 miles of descent/flats to the finish!
Brett: Despite a nasty crash that left a good sized welt and bruise on his back early on, he was able to pedal back and make some key passes to end up with the big "W" today. Nice work! He also ended up 2nd in the series...only 2 points out of 1st, that is too close!
Shelly: In motocross it's a good day when you go 1-1. Well, Shelly did that today by winning the race (Fastest girl there!) AND winning the series! Doesn't get much better than that right? Nope! Plus, this is smack dab in the middle of 'cross season! Shows when you are good, you are good!
Chris M: Goal time of 2:00. Finish time: 1:59:52!!! How's that for military grade precision??? Chris had a good battle with our pal "Orbea Oliver"...that is until the trail turned downhill and then he unleashed the aggression that pays the bills! Nice ride Chris!
Brian: Lucked into a similar 1-1 for the day. Spent most of the day alone and behind the "fast guys" and in front of the rest. Biggest feat was not crashing on the descents after throwing down some pretty tricky (read: DUMB) line selections...Feels good to top another series!
And of course, we have to give credit to Joselyn's for helping us out along the course of what has turned into a pretty incredible year on the pedals! Good luck to Shelly and Brett who I heard are going to be gluttons and hit up the www.CCCX.org 'cross race tomorrow at Toro. I will be sleeping in and looking for some motorized two wheeled fun. I hope there's still wet dirt to be found at Hollister...
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Cool guys, good job!
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