Racing some more!

Unfortunately, my blog has pretty much become a way to keep track of the races I've done if I ever manage to put together a race resume. Oh well, I'm over it.

So on Saturday, I headed up to Lake Sonoma with the Team Oakland guys to do the Bikemonkey mountain bike race. It was pretty rad - perfect weather and a nice 5 mile loop of all singletrack. I entered the expert category and somehow decided (as the lone entrant) that I wanted to do 4 laps. Which meant that I was the last person on the course, since the Sport men did 3 laps, and the beginners 2. But hey, someone's gotta be the last finisher. Afterward, there was a huge BBQ with hamburgers and gardenburgers. They did it up right.

Sunday was the crit down in Burlingame. My race didn't start till 1:30, so I took my time getting down there, and even got in a good warmup. There were 45 ladies lined up starters for the P/1/2/3 race, and the field looked fast. Tibco, Proman, LGBRC, and Morgan Stanley all had several women out there. The Dolce Vita ladies were also out in force along with quite a few Metromints, and plenty of others. I was thinkin it was going to be fast.

We did start out pretty fast, but then things settled down. It was really just a lot of fun! The L-shaped course had a bunch of corners and a big sweeping turn into the finish line. The race went by really quickly, and before I knew it, we had 5 laps to go. Fortunately, I did a good job keeping track of that number and got myself towards the front in the last few laps. Proman was working at the front, keeping the pace high in the last two laps, which was great - I was able to sit in around 7th wheel coming into the final stretch. We swept around the corner and then everyone started sprinting. I managed to come across the line in 4th place, which I was really happy with, considering how deep the field was.

I'm psyched for this coming weekend - a crit with a 180 on Saturday, and then Sunday I get to do 2 crits. Hooray!