Day #5 - Just riding it out!

Sorry, wasn't able to get the last days stage up on the blog but thanks to everyone for emailing me to ask! Well, we pulled it off!!!! 5 stage wins in 5 wins. The 2nd place ladies kept the pressure on yesterday. It was a 30km time trial on twisty up/down single track in blazing heat. We started 2mins before them and and finished 2min 12sec before they did. So.....we beat them by 12sec in the last stage. It was a good push to make us ride fast and stay focused.

Brandyn and I stayed positive all week about things at the race. Despite the ongoing mishaps and issues on much too frequent of a basis out there, WE had a great time racing together and I've got a new great friend because of it all. She is a bad ass rider - this girl can kill the downhills like a true rockstar - all I can do is hang on when she goes!!!I got 5 days of tough riding in and I only see that as a positive as far as fitness goes. It's all hours on the bike, something I need as I tackle the Vancouver Island Quest next.

Kamloops is a hot hot place and riding there for 6-7 hrs a day is a challenge in itself. I love the heat, but more so because I am prepared to just suffer in it. Show no weakness right?? ha!

So there ya have it, my first staged MTB race over and done with. We got back to Squamish late last night and after 4 hrs of sleep, I made my way over to the Island. My big sister's wedding is tomorrow - YEAH!!! I held true to my promise to her - I wouldn't come home in 100 pieces. No major scars to report - sorry to dissappoint :) However, I have a pedicure for this afternoon which is just so exciting - oh I feel bad for the aesthetician!!!! Anyway, it felt great to put my Salomons on when I arrived home to Duncan and get out for a run in my old stomping grounds.

I'm now enjoying hanging with Brea and being apart of her big weekend.