Nationals

Kaila, Deidre, Lauren, me and Katie!

I set out to try and defend my title from last year, and finished third behind 2 really strong and awesome girls. Same course as last year, straight up a fire road, then zig zag back down. Lauren and Deidre were climbing like champions, and the gap just kept growing from the start. I was sitting in third most of the race but Kaila and I had a battle, we were keeping the spectators guessing. She put in a strong effort at the start of the last lap and got around me, but I was able to pass her up the climb and find a little gap till the end. It was a good race, and a fun group of girls, great to see how solid the U23 womens field is getting!!