Thor and I rolled out to Bend this past weekend to camp with buds Emily & Sarah, race the Bend Super D, and relax in the sun. We had a fantastic time camping - and as an added bonus Thor won his race on Sunday!
My race went well too - right up until the very end. I was have a great race for me and was feeling really good about my speed heading into the final section of tight single track....where I ran into a junior racer who flat out refused to get out of my way!! I asked if I could go around him, and he said "No" (wha!?? who says that anyways?) - I had no idea what to do. I totally didn't want to be 'that jerk' that rages over the top of a younger race mid-race and knocks them off the trail (this kid was probably about 11) - but at the same time he was going SO SLOW and was totally ruining the end of my race. As we came into the final hill I tried to go around him and he swerved to block me! It was unreal. There were spectators yelling 'let her by!' and 'move over!' - but he kept saying 'NO!'. Argh - it was SO incredibly frustrating - I was practically in tears by the time I crossed the finish line. I probably lost about 30 seconds behind him and ended up missing the podium by 1 second - I was really bummed. A couple of people saw the end of the race and came up to me afterwards to say how sorry they were, but unfortunately none of that changes my official time which landed me in 4th overall. I also lost series points - so that was a tough pill to swallow as well.
Anyhow - despite the disappointing finish to my race I had fun anyways - and the rest of the weekend was great. Here are a collection of pictures from the weekend:
Some great pictures that Thor found online - I think the second picture is the best!
And lastly - here's a neat video with footage from the Hood River Super D that we did earlier this summer!
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