WORS Race #10 (Treadfest)

Holy hot! I don't know if it was the hottest day of the summer but it felt like it both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday's pre-ride was warm and it wasn't even that fast of a pace. Collin found a few areas that were pretty hard and he didn't like but I think a lot of the kids felt the same way and the race organizers took those obstacles out. After the pre-ride we spent the rest of the day at the waterpark. It was nice indoors and out of the sun.

Sunday morning I was up early and cleaned and lubed the chains and cassettes. Then it was time to pack, check out and head to the ski hill at the resort for some racing. I grabbed the camera and my bike and headed out to take some pictures. I also left without water. Bad move! I was sweating and riding almost at my race pace. I got some pictures of Collin, who got another 2nd place finish, and headed back to try to drink some water before my race.

I pushed my pace a little on the first lap trying to keep up with a group in front of me. Overall the first lap wasn't too bad. Heading into lap 2 I could tell I was getting dehydrated and I really started drinking. It ended up being too much and I puked out the water I drank. I had to stop by Carrie and get more water for lap 3. It didn't really matter by then because the cramps started and I noticed my vision got a little blury a couple times. I threw my chain about 5 times also and those stops cost me some time. Gary caught me toward the end of lap 3 and I told him I was ok but had cramps. Carrie was at the finish line with a couple salt tablets from the first aid station. I wish I would have thought about that before the race. Oh well, I guess it was a lesson learned.