WORS Race #8 (Border Battle)

Saturday we headed to River Falls for the Border Battle where WI races against MN. It rained all night Saturday night but stopped just in time for the racing to start. The Juniors and Citizen racers are always lucky enough to have the worst conditions to race in because they are the first two classes out. There was a lot of slipping and sliding in the Juniors race and some broken bikes but Collin managed to get another 2nd place finish.

I did not feel good at all before my race and can't say that I was really looking forward to it. The first lap was slippery but by lap two and three the course was almost perfect. I had some nice stomach cramps on the second lap but just kept pedaling. Dan caught me by the end of the second lap which is pretty typical. I however was surprised that by the end of lap 2 I had caught back up to him and passed him. He wasn't on his game Sunday. I assumed I was riding faster than normal to be able to catch him but my 19th place finish (last in my age group) showed otherwise. I was also caught by two women which isn't allowed (see last post about goals).

The next race is Suamico where we run a marathon format and Sport, Comp and Elite all get to race together. You really get a sense of how slow we are going when the Elite guys are passing you.