The Fruita MSC race was this past weekend, and I must say, once I got there, it was a great start to the season!
Getting there however, posed some problems. We left Boulder at 12 on Friday and swung out to Lafayette to pick up Greg. The roads were not too bad in the foot hills, not much accumulation due to the warm temp, but when we got up into the mountains it was DUMPING! We got about a mile outside of Georgetown and sat for about two hours not moving. Then we starting moving again! alas it was only to turn us around, the road was CLOSED. We were told they should be open by 6am Saturday. We headed back down I-70 and decided to get off at Idaho Springs to see if there were any hotels to wait out the storm in. We ended up getting stuck in about three feet of snow and having to get towed out. All the hotels were booked, so we got the privilege of stay in a red cross relief shelter in the Idaho Springs Middle School.
We ended up not really needing the cots, non of us were able to sleep much anyway. 6am rolled around and they were telling us the road was still closed, East bound would be open in 20 min, but west bound, at the earliest would be open at 10 if at all Saturday. Thankfully they were wrong (an as we found out later, liers, the Geers had been driving right by on I-70 at about that same time) by 8 we were allowed to leave, hopefully to make it to our destination in time for the time trial.
We got to rabbit valley at 12:30, I missed my start, but thankfully I was allowed to go at the end of the pro race. The TT was Super Fun! Some short steep climbs, fun technical trevirs, some sketchey drops then flowey rollers to the finish. I love that course! I ended up 2nd, not too shabby.
The XC was Long, and so much fire road, deffientally not my favorite course. I lost modivation about a third through the race and Ellie and I road it out to the finish, we tried to catch Alicia and Ellen up the back fire road climb, but they were just too fast! Ellen ending up winning!!!!!!! Poor Alica ran in a flat, and Ellie and I had a sprint finish. Wesley was not too far behind. And Meghan, what will we do with that girl, she got injured again, this time seperating her sholder off a drop. I hope you heal fast chickey poo!
TOKYO JOES PODIUM!!!!
Went out to Bear Creek State Park for the Battle at the Bear on Saturday. It was a fun race, the girls and I were together most of the race. Ellen and I gaped Wesley and Ellie near the end, and I was able to hold Ellen off till the finish.
