ups and downs

Well the weekend has come and gone. I would say it was a successful one but it had its far share of disappointment.

I will start with Saturday, it started off a little ruff around the edges, had a horrible sleep, lets just say I woke up and I boarded the bitter bus. Things seem to turn my way once I arrived at the race course. I had a great talk with my coach, well overdue! I rolled out on the course for a few laps. The course had a sweet single track climb off the start, flattened out for the middle portion and at the end had a grueling climb up the ski hill face. It for sure was going to be a fun day at the office. Other then that the day continued on as usual: Clean bike, pick tires to race on, relax and eat. Let’s just say pesto chicken pasta rocks!

Sunday, let the fun begin. As the sun crested the trees and the fog slowly lifted off the dew covered ground I awoke…hahahha whom am I kidding the sun was well in the sky when I got up. It was race day, it was time to rock. I had a killer breakfast a big old bowl of fruit and a stack of pancakes, it was yummmmyyyy!!!! Pretty much this race was supposed to be my introduction back to racing, I couldn’t’ just think of it as my first race back, it was the Ontario Championships. I had to giver, even if my best finish was last place; I just wanted to empty the tank and giver 110%. I had perfect morning, good sleep, a good pre race meal and an amazing warm up. It was time to start! I lined up, joking and laughing with some of my friends that were in the pit. I told Ian .M. a road racer out for some fun in the sun at a MTN bike race, that if he could lead the race to the top of the first climb I would give him a 6 pack of beer. Let’s just say he lost, he went down swinging! I had an all right start, sitting top 10 going in to the first climb. As I reached the top I found myself sitting around 8th about 45seconds off a group of 3. No knee problems, good power, I felt like a million bucks. I started my second lap with Mark hot on my wheel, which is nice he’s super fast and pushes nice pace. We started talking; he told me he was suffering from some bad stomach cramps. I was disappointed because last year we found ourselves in the same position, and had some good results. We pushed and pushed on the second lap but as we started up the ski hill climb I noticed mark started to fall off me wheel, and I knew he was a stronger rider, so something was defiantly going on! I just danced on the pedals for the rest of the lap, I had good sensations. That’s when things turned to the worst. I took my second last bottle, turned down away from the feed zone and whammy Mr. Wasp hit me with his best shot. The wasp got behind my glasses and had a field day with my eye brow and eye lid. My race was done faster then you could say wasp. I was super pissed, not a single nice thing came out of my mouth. I was angry but it could have been a blessing in disguise, who knows. Then my day turned from bad to good, I had a visit from Breya a friend who I haven’t seen for pretty much a year. We caught up and carried on with our day. As the day came to an end I was just happy to be back on my bike!

Today’s Blog is brought to you by the letter K….for KARMA!!!