Camp Eagle and what not....

Didn't go quite as well as the 'plan'...thats one reason why I never make plans, you have no expectations that way and don't get let down when something doesn't go your way. Friday was more or less, a travel day, no preride, no ride, no nothing. No biggy, I'd just get up and do the preride in the morning.

RaceDay1. Super D, the course was pretty cool, short, but better than Sonoma! Started off with a real open jeep road that had a few pedaling spots...then "BOMB" down this huge hill, hit some single track and then pedal it home. Now when I say BOMB down the hill, I say this with no sarcasim, the descent was rocky, and uber fast, easily hitting 30 mph...and I wouldn't be surprised if we hit 40.
So on the start line, they call us up...and we're facing this jeep road...ON the bike. No lemans style start, or a run to the bike. The start was crazy and I found myself in the position that I was in, in many of the NORBA XC races....2nd from last. By the time I got around everyone, the race was over. I did have a pretty cool excuse though, my eggbeater pedal broke at the top, giving me only half the clip in surface...ergo when I unclipped inadvertatly I had major problems getting back on track...or sprinting out of the pedal itself. A 2nd place finish.
Jason had a bad ass race, finishing 1st, in his 1st ever super D. And he wonders why I call him CHAMP!

RaceDay1.2. Costume Crit. Spider man returned. Jason was there again, and being the fun guy he is, he took my advice and while at the Dollar Store for some last minute costume ideas, I thought....DUDE, be SpongeBob Square Pants!!!! And so it was concieved in my mind what the costume would look like....and the uneventful Friday night was spent making a costume with tons of sponges...Using my creative side of me is time consuming, as it has to look like what my mind see's, and it actually turned out pretty sweet if I don't say so myself( 5 hours later ). I ended up getting the fastest time, after a hard breathing effort trying to catch 'banana man'. Jason's costume hit it with the kiddo's and won the costume part.....SWEET!!!! Jason...thats 2 1sts!

RaceDay2. XC. The course again was pretty rad, some technical sections, long climbs, and a river bed section that was as bumpy as a fat woman eating curds and drinking marmalade.
The start was good, hit the climb and was caught out by a couple of guys that didn't want to go the pace of Fawley. By the bottom of the first downhill he had 30 seconds, and the chase began. I easily kept the gap to 30, but after the first creek crossing my left grip started 'motoing' on me. Brap turned into CRAP. Every downhill was slowed because of a non-stable steering device, and I soon found that climbing was hindered too. Everytime I turned the grip to go back to it's original spot, I would hit the shifter....concordinly I would shift OUT of my big ring, slowing momentum, which being a 'heavyweight' doesn't work out very good. Freddy Moore was rocking and caught me and had a go or two at it, before I finally got the best of him. Another 2nd place. I'm fixing the problems, and next time I think I'll try and avoid anymore....I seem to race better that way. -wink