Now, the Iron horse! After a rushed work session in the early hours Friday morning, we were off on time around 8am. A pretty uneventful drive to Silverton, a few showers, a hunger crisis moment, great conversation, excellent. We met my Mom at the courthouse in Silverton so we could leave the cars for the next day and make the rest of the way piled into the highlander. A quick stop at the fairgrounds to check in, and we were home! Mom had a great spaghetti dinner all ready to go, after which we debated the chances of our actually racing the next day given the forecast of 80% rain/snow and high of 56 in Silverton. Lucky for us, the day dawned cloudy and a little chilly, but the rain and snow held off the whole day!! My race was allright, we rolled up the valley really slowly. I'm sure no one wanted to go fast before Mara Abbott decided to go fast...needless to say, I was dropped on Shalona, and ended up with the exact same time as the last time I did the race two years ago, and 32nd place. I was pleased, and disappointed:) Still have to break 3hrs sometime, only need to take off 10 minutes!! Our after race picnic was as pleasant as it's ever been, Anne joined us (conference director for RMCCC) and a bunch of the nordic kids and some parents were there as well. We still had leftovers, although by the end of the weekend I think we left the parents in good position to finish the rest of it off. Sunday's crit was super fast and hard. A few of the faster girls had not raced the day before, and I managed to stay on to the pack for around half, not sure because there wasn't a time clock at the start/finish (really annoying, and honestly, how hard would it be to put up a clock??!!) Anyway, a huge crowd made the race a lot of fun, many of my high school classmates were there cheering me on which was fun until I got dropped...:) I ended up 17th overall. The time trial was pretty good, I would have done A LOT better with any type of aero gear. I actually ended up 2nd to last :( I thought I did better, but not having any aero gear at all, and a very flat/rolling first section, made a huge difference.
All in all a great weekend! I miss Durango a lot, and seeing all my friends there almost made me wish I was moving home for the summer as well. Fort Collins is a great place to be though, and there's so much more to look forward to!
Some pics courtesy of one of Dads work friends:
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