Saturday, May 17, 2008

mountain bike racing....

....... IS HARD! ugh. i have 9 little shifter/gadget things on my handle bars, as opposed to 4 with my road bike. too much to think about. here's my thought process..... OK, going up hill, lock out fork, lock out rear, shift into something easier.... OOOH ROCK! *thump*.... ..... .... .... (heavy breathing. up hill is NOT my thing).... downhill (is NOTmy thing either-- flat and windy is good), uh, ok, uhm, ok, unlock everything... oooh whoops, wrong button, dont' need to be shifting to easy right now..... look ahead, *thump* too late.... uhm, ok....

that's how it was for my entire race today. i CANNOT wait for cross! what did these tough girls sign me up for?

after the race we waited for 4-5 hrs to take a picture, which was well worth it's wait! waiting for podium, lisa has a pretty gnarly sunburn. forearms, shoulders, but no upper arm tan! awesome.

lynn is a superstar and killed it in the single speed. here's lynn and lisa on podium. yes, they do look like they're at the same height but lynn did win. :)

1 comment:

Lisa Strong said...

Ummm... andi... what about your podium shot? It was your first Colorado MTB race and YOU WON! Share the love...