Hot Jackson

Yesterday Kym, Emily and I (and Reid) raced in Jackson Georgia. It was a great time. Fun company, fun trails and fun race!

The race started out fast. I got the whole shot, but Kym and Heather came around me quick. They were flying through the technical bumpy, twisty trail. The three of us road the first lap together and it was a lot of fun! At one point I crashed (not bad) but lost time and had to quickly get back on. I thought I would lose them but since the trail was so technical at that time, no one was moving too fast. Close to the end of the first lap I was feeling good, since Kym and Heather had been pulling the whole time. I attacked up the last hill and Kym dropped off. I knew she would be back...

At the start of the second lap I got an awesome feed by Mark and was able to keep going. Heather had to stop and dig for her bottles. I was alone but I could hear her coming... but then I heard a crash. I had a good feeling it was her. But she's tough and managed to pull off a good race. So, I road the most of the second lap by myself (definitely not as much fun as the first) until we came to "huff and puff". I was almost to the end of the "huff and puff" when I hear a female huffing and puffing behind me.  Sure enough it was Kym and she was on a mission. She came flying by me and I grabbed her wheel for a fast finish. It was a close finish but she held me off.  I was sad to not win but it was a fun race and I am happy to get second to Kym!
             

Tanasi

Third weekend in a row of racing! I am wrecked, and ready for a weekend off. Tanasi was fun and always a great venue. You can't go wrong with a weekend of camping, swimming in the Ocoee and bike racing!

Tanasi is a climbing course, you go up hill and then you go down. Unfortunately for me I didn't bring my climbing legs. I forgot them at home.  So the race started out hard, I was third in the woods behind Kym and Paula and felt good. Then I didn't feel good, soon the whole field passed me and I was dead last. I talked myself into going hard again and slowly caught people. Eventually I was back in fourth. No for long though. I had to do another lap and I was climbing slow. Fifth place caught me and passed me. Thank goodness for Thunderrock express and my awesome Superfly. I was able to catch her and I won the sprint for fourth place.  Not a great race for my legs but tons of fun!

Of course my teammates did awesome Kym won, Paula third, Emily and Stephanie both did awesome! And prego Krisiti cheering us all on :).  Kym posted an awesome picture of Kym, Paula and I at the start of the race. Check out her blog!

Here are some pics!

Back to racing!

There is nothing better than racing less than an hour away from home.  Last week we raced in Winder Georgia, what a fun course. It is rolling hills with some tight turns and technical down hill called Monster Mile.  Plus it is a half hour from home, so I know this course pretty well.

The race started off fairly well, no one was in the mood to gun it from the start. Which I personally like, that way I don't bonk half way through the first lap.  Somehow I was at the front, until I heard someone bombing down Monster Mile. Luckily it was Kym! I stuck to her wheel and we had a great race together. Here is Kym and I finishing the race!  

Our teammate Paula is amazing! She raced and won the Cohutta 65 (miles) the day before the Winder race and then came out and got fourth in the Winder race. Awesome!