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limewave
03-29-2011, 11:58 AM
I am officially registered for my first xc race this season! And I signed up in the Expert cat. And I'm totally going to get it handed to me!!!!!

I'm a little stressed about it.

Oh well.
indysteel
03-29-2011, 12:39 PM
Good luck, Limewave! When's the race?
limewave
03-29-2011, 01:01 PM
May 7th. One week before my 25k race! Not smart.
indysteel
03-29-2011, 01:19 PM
You'll do great. I truly admire you and all the other TEers who formally compete in some fashion. It's way more than I've had the nerve do!
Catrin
03-29-2011, 01:46 PM
You will be awesome! Just think of us sitting on the sidelines cheering for you :D :cool:
OakLeaf
03-29-2011, 02:10 PM
Exciting! Good luck.
spokewench
03-29-2011, 02:32 PM
I was a worried my first expert race too. Just go out like you normally do and ride your own race; you might surprise yourself!
Aggie_Ama
03-29-2011, 07:42 PM
Have fun! I have been getting my butt handed to me at my first three Cat 2 races of the season. BUT I set little goals for myself and try to learn. Example

Race one - 6th out of 7th. But I had a time goal based on the slowest rider last year and I smashed it. I also rode a climb I didn't think I could.

Race two - DFL. Didn't make time goal because a rider hit a tree in front of me and I spent about 10 minutes making sure he didn't have a serious head injury. But I road a drop called Hospital Hill that scared the pants off me in January.

Race three - DFL. I crashed my hardest wreck ever about 1/4 mile in. Rode the whole race with a serious hematoma on my hip and just below my knee. But I finished and am incredibly proud of that.

The best thing anyone told me is "this isn't my day job, so the only a$$ I have to kick is mine." :D
zoom-zoom
03-29-2011, 08:22 PM
Very cool! You'll do great, I know it! :D
SheFly
03-30-2011, 05:12 AM
Limewave - take a deep breath - you will do fine! Congrats on upgrading to a Cat 1. The distances are a bit tougher initially, but you will get used to it. Like someone else said - go out and ride your own race.

Aggie - so proud of you for finishing! Remember that DFL > DNF > DNS. Achieveing little goals in the races is a terrific accomplishment and it sounds like you are really improving.

Good luck to both of you! My first race of the season is 4/17, and it's one that I love. for once, I'm actually looking forward to it :D.

SheFly
limewave
03-30-2011, 07:10 AM
So many cheerleaders in this group! I Love it!
Aggie--I like reading about your racing and am looking forward to following your season this year.

With the very slow ushering out of winter, there's a chance I may not even get a trail ride in before the race! That's a little nerve racking. Nothing like getting thrown into the deep-end!
SheFly
03-30-2011, 08:19 AM
With the very slow ushering out of winter, there's a chance I may not even get a trail ride in before the race! That's a little nerve racking. Nothing like getting thrown into the deep-end!

Meh - riding on the trails before racing on them is over-rated ;)

Have fun, and enjoy! We'll look for the race report.

SheFly
zoom-zoom
03-30-2011, 08:27 AM
With the very slow ushering out of winter, there's a chance I may not even get a trail ride in before the race! That's a little nerve racking. Nothing like getting thrown into the deep-end!

Derek went out last night on his mtn. bike and ended up riding mostly gravel back-roads. He said there was still 10" of snow on a lot of areas of trail. Boo, Winter! :rolleyes:
limewave
04-01-2011, 05:35 AM
Derek went out last night on his mtn. bike and ended up riding mostly gravel back-roads. He said there was still 10" of snow on a lot of areas of trail. Boo, Winter! :rolleyes:

That doesn't surprise me. Although, I hear the Yankee and Cannonsburg may be rideable. I'm gambling with the weather here, but I asked my mom to watch the kids one night next week with hopes that I can sneak out of work early and get some trails in. I'm afraid if I don't I'll spend too much time in the saddle, like a road race. Yesterday I road my mountain bike on the road and every time I came to a driveway, I had to stand up or sit back down. It kept me on my toes!
channlluv
04-01-2011, 08:12 AM
For those of us not as familiar with with the acronyms (namely, me), DFL = Did Finish Last or Didn't Finish Last?

I got DNF -- Did Not Finish, and DNS -- Did Not Start.

Thanks, ladies, and good luck, Limewave! And Aggie, too!

Roxy
zoom-zoom
04-01-2011, 08:19 AM
For those of us not as familiar with with the acronyms (namely, me), DFL = Did Finish Last or Didn't Finish Last?

Dead F'ing Last! ;)
SheFly
04-01-2011, 08:31 AM
For those of us not as familiar with with the acronyms (namely, me), DFL = Did Finish Last or Didn't Finish Last?

I got DNF -- Did Not Finish, and DNS -- Did Not Start.

Thanks, ladies, and good luck, Limewave! And Aggie, too!

Roxy

Roxy - Dead Freakin [or other colorful F-word] Last!

:D :D

SheFly
Aggie_Ama
04-01-2011, 11:43 AM
Our season is long, 8 races. I have already had three. I didn't report on the second one (the one pre-wrecking our truck and damaging my Fisher in the process). But I did do ride reports for my sponsor on FB which I have posted in the race results. Feel free to commiserate, maybe be inspired or heck be grateful it wasn't you! :)
limewave
05-02-2011, 06:22 AM
The race is this Saturday. With the weather the way its been and my very limited free-time (with the two kids, I have to plan way ahead and get babysitters if I want to mountain bike--and unfortunately pretty much every day I had a babysitter, it rained) I have only gotten in one short single-track ride.

Oh well. What will be will be. :)