Monday, August 3, 2009

King of Spring











Yesterday was the king of Spring, and it was awesome. It started downpouring right before our race started. It was a flash flood, and I started to regret ever going. Then the rain stopped, and Randy led us out. I was in second behind a Sport 1 guy. We climbed the first short climb and then into the singletrack where I led the field. The S19 guy passed after a downhill, but I caught him again on a ski slope climb in the slick gravel and passed. After that I led the race overall. I felt very strong, and I floated over the slick rocks. I put power down hard in the flat puddled sections. I felt great climbing, and whenever i was off the bike, I was running fast. I came out with the win overall with a giant gap. I won a new Felt NINEpro frame, and I decided that I would move up to expert which was the biggest accomplishment for me. It was a great day.