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Shagman, Reigning STXC National Champ, needed Beer HeRE!
The Real Joey Thompson came out to throw down on the Cross bike, Scary Fast!
Caleb rode away from the B's, time to upgrade sandbagger!
Euro chick in the stxc sporting some cotton candy booties
Another FLC Woman, roosting the corner!

It was great to be a spectator of the Fort Lewis College short track instead of a participant. Lots of riders showed up to log some suffering junk miles. It was a gorgous day and the races were action packed. The Fort Lewis XC teams are unreal strong. They won everything today!

The men's A start was so fast and it reminded me of the suffering that I used to be good at. Alex Hagman got stuffed at the start and had to work his way back up. Too many beers on the town last night though and he was never in the lead group. Come on Shaggy! It was up to Eric Ransom and Joey THompson to do battle at the front of the race. They crossed the line holding hands I think. Joey looks strong on the cross bike and Ransom looked very comfortable as well.

Since I have no mountain bike of my own yet still, I borrowed one from Rick Wetherald. I haven't ridden the MTB since April. My god the trails were insanely good. I was out there for a couple hours killing all of my old trails in Horse Gulch. As I came back down Anasazi I saw a huge group of riders gathering in the meadow. Turns out I was just in time for the Men's A Super D. I haven't done one of these before so I decided I would line up and race with the collegiate boys. I had no number but whatever? It is a lemanz style start which was freaking crazy. After running to my bike I got out onto the trail in 5th place. Quickly I found myself in familiar territory right behind another veteran Chris Jung from CU who I have battled with many times. I was able to move past him on the last big climb and into the lead. I was sketch going through the downhills on a bike I had just gotten 2 hours before and since my mtb skills are a little rusty. None the less, I hung on for the win in the Super D. It was a 6 minute suffer fest but a hell of a good time!

Tomorrow is the X-C and I had not planned on racing. Although, I do have a bike now to borrow. It is a full suspension, but hey, it worked good today. What to do? To race or not to race? I have to go out and pre-ride at 7:45 in the morning for Hagen anyway, might be a good warm up. Hhmmmm?

Still no mountain bike of my own and no cross bikes. My first race is in two weeks so I am getting a little worried about lining up with the guns, no time on the old CX bikes and no time on the dirt. SKETCH! Whatever, it is all for fun anyway. Gotta go eat some more food.