The Den Mother's Blog

This past weekend was the Southridge 17th Annual Race. I ended up 1st in the Series Overall for XC and DH!!!!

I raced Sport Women 35+ XC on Saturday and since I no longer have an XC bike, I opted to race my new Tracer. I had pre-ridden the course the weekend before, so I knew about the reroute and the deep sand ahead of time.  The course was dry, loose and rutted from all the rain but fun as always.  And even though I suffered from the extra 10lbs of bike weight on the climbs, I have to say the DH sections were a blast.  I love being able to ride through the braking bumps with speed and not having to brake as often.  I ended up 2nd in my class!

Sunday I raced Expert Women DH 35+.  Practice went okay and I managed to get 3 runs in before race time.  I felt good in my race run with only one minor bobble but my finish time proves that I have some time to make up before I will be on the top of the podium again.

Thanks to Don Jackson and the whole SRC crew for another great year of racing.  I am looking forward to the year end awards and receiving my 2 winner's jerseys!
 

A big thank you goes out to Eric Carter, Dale and the Division 26 guys for setting up such an awesome race at Vail Lake.

I raced Expert Women DH and came in 1st. I had a blast on the new course and I look forward to more races next year.






 

Surgery's done, rehab is a distant memory.......Let's race!!! Just for grins and giggles I decided to try racing XC again at the Mt. Sac Fat Tire Classic. I borrowed a friends Niner and away I went. I ended up 5th in Sport Women 35+. Not my best effort, but I was happy to finish 3 laps and had a great time on the downhills!!!

Thanks to Terry Martin for the great photo!