Well, its now only 1 month away from nationals. And I can't stop training now. Rain, HOT, Then Rain some more. What can I say? Just got to keep putting time in on the saddle.
I was happy with my result at The Womble Classic, 40 of us Cat. 2's lined up to kill it on the outlaw trail. The Ouachita trails have a history behind them, over 200 miles of trail. Once upon a time they were a passage trail for outlaws and horse theifs to hide out. Now us crazy XC mountain bikers are riding them on our aluminum, Carbon, and steel horses! Anyway, I had a rough start. I felt strong from the gun but in the first 3 miles of the 21 mile course I spent alot of time laying on the ground. Nearly 2 weeks now and my ribs still hurt! LOL, anyway I finally settled down and managed to catch all the Cat 2's of every age and won the race to qualify for Nationals in Colorado July 15th. So it looks like teamate JP, maybe Jason Douglas and I will be traveling in July to represent Shores Sports for a Cat 2 National Title! I can't wait! If the thin air doesn't kill me I think I can do well but we will see.
JDoug and JP competed in the Missouri state championships, and did very well, both qualified for Natl's and off we go. Team Shores Sports!!!!!!
