2010-04-27 07:21:11 +0000 #1
Hi Girls
I went to the race at Mansfield Saturday, and had my first cross experience.
It was totally traumatic!
I got there with what I thought was plenty of time -- over an hour, and started to pre-ride. But I freaked on the very first challenge (the steep off camber thing) and almost quit right there!! Luckily, there was a REALLY nice guy at the side line who encouraged me to still try it.
But then i had to get signed up and stuff and wasn't able to pre-ride the rest.
The course was really hard compared to Glousceseter and had a bunch of mountain bike type stuff that was a shock to me as I had not been able to check it out before.
But I hung in and just like hiked thru the stuff I couldn't do, got bruised and cut up, but was laughing my *** off! The whole thing seemed kind of ridiculous what I was trying to do!
ANyway, I really had loads of fun. The crowd there was 95% men and reallly really supportive and friendly. No one was snobby and some of the guys even said "excuse me" (!?) as they hammered by my pathetic situations. : )
Def. need to do easier race next time, but I've got the bug now. I can really see how the racing thing can suck you in. I think I'm going to go to the thing in Canton Mass. this sunday. Since I have no pride left after next week, why not!!
I went to the race at Mansfield Saturday, and had my first cross experience.
It was totally traumatic!
I got there with what I thought was plenty of time -- over an hour, and started to pre-ride. But I freaked on the very first challenge (the steep off camber thing) and almost quit right there!! Luckily, there was a REALLY nice guy at the side line who encouraged me to still try it.
But then i had to get signed up and stuff and wasn't able to pre-ride the rest.
The course was really hard compared to Glousceseter and had a bunch of mountain bike type stuff that was a shock to me as I had not been able to check it out before.
But I hung in and just like hiked thru the stuff I couldn't do, got bruised and cut up, but was laughing my *** off! The whole thing seemed kind of ridiculous what I was trying to do!
ANyway, I really had loads of fun. The crowd there was 95% men and reallly really supportive and friendly. No one was snobby and some of the guys even said "excuse me" (!?) as they hammered by my pathetic situations. : )
Def. need to do easier race next time, but I've got the bug now. I can really see how the racing thing can suck you in. I think I'm going to go to the thing in Canton Mass. this sunday. Since I have no pride left after next week, why not!!
