WORS Race #3 (Big Ring Classic)

After a Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning pre-ride of the course it was going to be fast and furious. Saturday afternoon Dan, Gary and I helped the WORS team set up the event and then the rains came and came and came and came. Needless to say the course was going to go from fast and furious to slow and tedious. Sunday morning we arrived at 7 a.m. and set up the E-Z Up and then I headed out to set up the water station for the trail runners. After they were done it was time for Collin's first Juniors race. He was in the wrong gear for the long climb up the road to me and ended up wiping out right in front of me. He got up walked over and grabbed a cup of water and commenced standing and talking to me. As a girl went by I pointed out that he just got passed by a girl. He hopped back on and continued on his way. After all the kids went through and my replacments arrived I headed back on the 4 wheeler. When I neared about a mile to go for Collin I spotted him in last place with the "sweepers" riding right behind him. I "encouraged" him to pick up the pace and he did. Carrie and her family also "encouraged" and he picked up 3 places for a 3rd place finish and a medal.

Time for me to get changed and start some kind of a warmp up in the mid 40 degree weather. I hate racing in cold weather. Mud is fine with me but cold I don't like. 11:30 came and I was in the first wave out.



It was a mad race down the road and I held my own until we reached the first big hill and I had used to much on the dash out on the raod and was falling back. Luckily when we hit the rocky and muddy singletrack, there everybody was all bunched up. I did all I could to stay with the group and was doing fine even though it was hard going because the mud was sooo tacky it was hard to keep the 29's rolling. Going into the start of lap 2 my left calf seized up with a cramp. I stopped stretched it out but it stayed with me for the whole second lap and needless to say caused me my slowest time of the year as you can see.



After changing clothes and waiting for the Elite and Comp racers to finish then it was tear down time. Dan, Gary and I again helped the WORS crew tear down and it was 7 p.m. when we finished. It was worth the effort. I got an MP3 player and some new Tifosi racing shades. I was beat when I got home. Tonight......BIKE CLEANING.