There are wayyyyyy too many things to write about for our home race, so I figured that I would bullet out some of my highlights from the week leading up to the home race as well as the race itself.
- Jenna, Luke, Whitney, and my epic ride up Mill Creek. We ran into hail so bad that we had to take cover under a tree, which we had to abandon about 30 seconds later after we saw a lightning strike. I still have faint spots/welts on my thighs from the hail a week later! I would also just like to mention that the forecast did NOT call for hail or thunder storms.
- Me screaming and tearing across the Home Depot parking lot in a somewhat delirious state after Luke called 'slug bug'
- Hosting the lovely Central Washington University cycling team and some of my teammates in my house for the weekend
- Sweeping corners with Charles in a constant gravel/dust storm
- Getting to watch Becca stay with our lead Women's B pack for a huge chunk of the race
- Realizing that I sometimes forget Andi (UI) and Laura (UO) aren't actually my teammates...
- Finally getting Ryan out to race our home race (it only took 3 years and his sister joining the team...)
- Being reunited with Lizzy after way too long. I'm so excited to ride with her again!
- Not being a 'crit pansy' and actually being aggressive and playing a role in the race. This is the first crit in quite awhile that I have taken corners at full speed with the pack and was feeling totally comfortable :)
- Finally finding someone to draw a unicorn on a pair of pink fleece pants that I've always thought needed a unicorn on them. And it didn't come out in the wash!
- Acquiring the last of my points needed for an upgrade to the A's/USAC cat 3 (not upgrading for this upcoming weekend though) after losing a lot of them during my asthma-attacking season last year
- Watching Luke and Berto put on an AWESOME event
- Not having any lung problems
- Finishing off a wonderful race weekend only to find that the battery of the suburban hooked to the trailer totally died on us
Love,
Molly
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| Sweeping SO MUCH gravel off the course |
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| THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP, CHARLES!!!! |
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| Artwork by Seth from University of Montana. The pants definitely look like they need a unicorn, right?? |
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| Jumping the burb. Not something we really wanted to do after a long race weekend... |
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