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Thread: Seatac park

  1. #1
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    Seatac park

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    Yesterday's race was at Seatac park. The morning was *really* cold, and my hands were frozen before I finished the practice lap. My husband/support crew set up my bike on the trainer and I fit in another 10 min. of riding before I had to line up.

    The cat 4 group was huge (32 riders) and probably another 20 single speed and master's ladies lined up too. I was really crabby the previous day and not ready to race. Too late now- here I was, 15 sec from the start. I wasn't nervous though and decided to just go with the flow.

    As soon as the whistle blew I pulled out all the stops. I shot up front and hit the singletrack before the rest of the pack jammed it up. After the first two runups I realized I was sitting in 3rd place. It was a good feeling-ever since I crashed a couple weeks ago I've been in a total funk.

    This course had a ton of awesome singletrack and I almost felt like it was designed just for me. Somehow the #2 girl and I passed the leader, I think it was on the singletrack. Then I managed to pass the leader at the top of a run-up and never looked back. I flew through the last bit of trail and even jogged up the last hill. The last stretch was on pavement and I put the pedal to the metal to take 1st place. Talk about intense! No medals at this race- my prize was a 12-pack of beer. Doh.

    Only one more race left in the season...bummer.

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    Depends on the kind of beer? What kind?

    I'd rather have a 12 pack instead of a medal - Medals just collect dust! and, I hating dusting

    spoke

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    It's Fat Tire something-or-other. I dislike beer but I'm sure my friends will enjoy it!

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    Wow! That is fantastic, Drtgrl! Congratulations.

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    Great job! Congrats on your 1st place finish!

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    Wow! Super racing. Congrats on your stellar finish.

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    Congrats! And Fat Tire is very tasty - can't get it here in the east... I agree with Spoke - much better than a medal .

    Awesome job!

    SheFly
    "Well behaved women rarely make history." including me!
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    Nice job. A friend and teammate of mine (you may have seen her racing a burnt orange and green bike with chili peppers on it in the 1/2/3 field) took me down there for pretty much the first time I'd ridden a bike off road..... just about gave me a heart attack! (I'm a road racer by background - never been on a mountain bike) Wallowing around down there in the sand did convince me I needed to put the fatter tires back on dinky.
    "Sharing the road means getting along, not getting ahead" - 1994 Washington State Driver's Guide

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