Week of Thunder!!

Tuesday
Went to the GAS skills practice. We did some fun games. You go on a mini course and try to pass people or not get passed. It was good. Worked on cornering and blocking (sounds dirty). Didn't put to much of an effort in.

Wed.
Got a nice warmup in then went to the park and tried to do the workout with everybody. It didn't work so well. They had a different agenda. I just stayed at the park and finished my stuff then went home. They went to the BMX track and then the Fairgrounds. MuleCross meeting at our house this night.

Thursday
Did a 20 minute noon run. It was sunny and warm. Felt nice to get out at lunch and see the fall colors in town.
Rode the CX bike at the MuleCross course for a couple of hours, with lots of stopping. Kept it easy, but practiced the pump track part and corners.

Friday
Rode around with the Curry's and Erik. Did some starts and a 5 minute blowout. Kept it easy other than that.

Sat.
Race Day
Prepped well. Didn't bring enough food and then got trapped at the course. Thanks to Brooke Smuts for the bagel and Matthew for the banana.
Feel good about the race. Lindsy cut my off at the start and I totally brake checked everybody else. Good for Lindsy, bad for me. Those girls were gone without me even seeing them. The tight corners and weird trails were difficult for me to navigate. Felt like my bike handling was off. Had to take advantage of my sprinting power and accelerate hard out of all the corners. Was a difficult race mentally because Lizzy English was on my tail the whole entire time. At one point the MC said I was the prey and she the predator. Ugh. I partly wanted to just let her go by. I didn't though and think I am developing some mental toughness this year. The last lap on the run-up there was this cluster fuck of 3 Cat4's and Lizzie and me. She got around me there and then the Cat 4's were getting in my way. I rode like mad to get back on her tail and almost took Jen out on the last little downhill to the trail. Got around the corner and I knew I could sprint. That line came fast though. It was tough.
Feel good about how I rode and glad I stayed on the podium with a sprint finish. Lizzie won the most aggressive prize which was a lot more money though. Makes me think..... Nevermind.

Sunday
Everybody was racing. I didn't. Feel like I got a lot of shit for it. Oh well. Did a nice ride. Found Blue Mountain and did a little loop. Rode back by the river. The colors were soooo nice. I really like Missoula. It has a lot more pockets of coolness than Bozeman.

Monday
Swam at lunch.
Am going to do a little run after work.
Had to change up the order- had something to do from 5-6.