Some link love…
Our friend Jay (trial n errors) wrote an article over at Evomo about his first xc race.
I’ve been able to talk with his wife Cheryl through our myspace accounts. Super great couple and and I was really encouraged to hear that she decided to enter her fist xc race along with Jay!
Here’s an excerpt:
We signed in, got out numbers and started getting ready for the beginner race at 9:00AM. Cheryl and I lined up and waited for our groups to go. This is where I made a huge rookie mistake! I was lined up with the wrong group. I started talking to the guys next to me and I overheard someone say that this was the 40+ group. I said, “Wait a minute! Where’s the 30-39 group?�? That’s when I quickly found out that my group had already left the starting line and now I was way behind already! Everyone made a path for me to get through and I took off like a mad man. I was more embarrassed than mad. I didn’t think I had a chance to catch anyone at all, but to my surprise I was not only able top catch up, but also started passing people……
Continue reading here.
Hey guys,
Thanks for all the love that people left us on the Evomo blog. You guys are awesome! We had a really good time. I think if that bear was behind us we would of been able to finish a lot faster though. lol
BTW… Cheryl picked up two sponsors since this race. Motortabs and Monster Energy drink! So yeah RL… your right… she’s gonna turn into one fast racer, I can see it already!