March 28th was the MARC in the Park relay race. 4 hot laps by the team at McDowell, just under 18 miles per lap. It was a fun day riding for about 1:11, then chillin' out whilst the team brought it all home. The course was fast -- 6 mile climb to start, followed by 6 mile descent, then 5 miles of desert rollers just to see if you have any juice left. I turned in a lap five minutes faster than last year, and so I was happy. Our team did well, 14/26. Considering the top team had 3 legit semi-pros, and did not lap us, I say we were going fast. Also happy that I did not get taken out by a deer on the course. Because that happened.
More important than the details of my 1:11 pain fest where I managed to drop my water bottle 15 minutes in was the other stuff I learned or was reminded of on Saturday:
More important than the details of my 1:11 pain fest where I managed to drop my water bottle 15 minutes in was the other stuff I learned or was reminded of on Saturday:
- Relay races are awesome, because the post and pre-ride hanging out happens the entire day
- I have some awesome friends. Randy, Trina, and Pat are great teammates. We had enough food and "hydration' for a 24 hour race...and we were there for 5 hours.
- Adrienne is a cool chick. How many people say stuff like "when I was white water kyaking in Bhutan..." Not many
- I suck at descending
- Girls on singlespeeds who drift the corners at 23mph with cactus on the outside of the turn are not going to let you catch them on the next climb...or the climb after that. Or in the 100m sprint to the line as you try and make up that last bit on them
- People in Arizona are crazy fast
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| Desert mornings -- its a tough life sometimes |
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| Early morning starts in the Sonoran |
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| Race Plate! |
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| Post lap Chillin with Adrienne |
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| Randy, you happy? |
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| Look -- Pat can sit like Adrienne. I cannot |
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| Iceman Jersey makes me look fat at the dismount line |
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