Rum River Womens b3
From: Sara Brokaw
Date: Nov 14, 2007 10:22 AM
Not sure if this ever went out..sorry if you somehow got it 2x….
On a nice sunny fall day, I toed the line with rodent Lee Penn, BWARC,
2xridley, ND Linda, Bella, and B-wood Amber for a separate start in
the womens field. 4-5th up the runup, watching B-wood fishtail upon
the entrance ot the gravel road section. Bella rolled by as we set
off in pursuit of the Lindas. B-wood (who’s wheel I’m on) makes a
mistake in a turn and a gap opens up between Bella, Lindas, & myself.
WE continue in our pursuit of the front of the race & the second
Ridley rejoins flying through the double barrier section. By lap 2 we
had a nice group of three drilling it on the gravel sections. A few
more laps of working somewhat together punctuated at one point by my
own mistake in the sharp rocky left where I bushwhack through some
brush in order to rejoin the singletrack. I regain contact with
B-wood & Ridley and notice I’m faster after the real runup before the
rr bridge. Eventu! ally I end up on the front of this section &
drill the bridge/gravel section leaving only b-wood as a companion.
We work together a bit.. She’s faster on the runup/rideup section
(she’s running, I”m riding), but I’m able to regain any ground lost
there on the rocket fast descent. I get stuck behind a guy on the
railroad section and she opens up a gap on the gravel, but I keep her
in sight. Our race ends (lapped by the leaders who just finished)
before I have a chance to close the gap (5th/8), but its questionable
on whether I could’ve done this on the last lap.
In the end, this was the most fun “race” I’ve had this far in Cx…
It was nice to actually “be there” able to really mix it up the whole
race for the first time, sort of a goal of this season. This race was
a sharp contrast to my race at Milaca, my first foray into a B race
last year where I saw the womens field for 1/2 a lap and was pretty
much lapped by everyone (except for a guy on a single speed with a
mechanical). Nice to see the improvement.
Nice riding by Lee who finished her first B race and we believe too
CRY in the womens C category. Nice representation of rodents in the
Cs with the Gaines bros, Lynne, Lee, and Sue, with Rich & Dan joining
in for good times in the Bs.
IF you’re looking for something to do on Saturday, dress in layers &
come out to the State race where we should have rodent representation
in 3/4 races (Check MCF.net schedule for details).
Thanks for reading.
Sara