that friday i had a rest day which i needed. i have been a bit tired and work has been nutty and such. saturday we got up to take eric to the cougar mtn trail run race, it was the first of the season, a 5 miler. i wasn't so sure i wanted to go hang around but we went and it was fun. the kids and i hiked up the dirt road a while and stood with hands out for slapping right before the ppl went into the single track. lots of people headed over to slap the kids hands which made them happy. then we went on a hike! and saw a snake!! mind you i had seen a snake the previous saturday on my run right there in the neighborhood. i don't dig the snakes very much. but we saw one and it was slithering away. eric did really well in his race! he is a really fast runner!!
then we went rigth to the ferry boat in mukulteo. i got all suited up and then all of us and my bike walked onto the ferry. when we got to the other side eric and the kids walked around and went to the beach and stuff and i headed over to the race site. it was supposedly only 3 miles away but turned into 5 somehow. and it was all uphill! but i got there, talked to some of the LUNA chix, too. the mtn bike team was having a clinic with LUNA Pro Katerina Nash and they were on break when I showed up. then i went out for a lap. there were 3 sections I couldn't ride on first attempt. two of them I made 2nd attempts and one of them i cleared. it took 40 minutes to do the lap and i said - oh no, its going to be a looong race. then back to the ferry. eric and the kids were already on so i just rolled on in, too and we headed home.
sunday we woke up leisurly and left the house at 9. we got to the ferry and took the car on it this time. we drove to the race site and parked in bfe. we all walked over to registration. eric got registered and then registered the kids. then i chatter with a few people and registered, too. i was worried about the race because it was really warm that day and my race wasn't until 2. it reminded me of back when i stopped raceing long time ago - i was dnf'ing all the time because i would have been in the sun all day then was totally spent by the time my race came about. so i figured there was a 40% chance I might not race. but i registered so at least then i knew i would start the race. the kids race started and sara helped sirus and i helped seamus. they have a good race for the kids here, its actually pretty long and quite challenging but seamus was awesome, and sirus rode his big bike. there are these giant sand hills and i guess sirus wouldn't get off his bike and walk up and over like the other kids so eric and sara had to push him up and then pull him over. pretty funny. then eric's race was off. i feel bad because the kids and i spent most of eric's race chilling in the car or chilling in sara's tent. we didn't hand off water bottles and only did a little bit of cheering.
about an hr before my race i went to get changed. sara and amy said they would watch the kids, so i did a quick 10 minute warm up! where i saw another snake! then back to hang with the kids. and then eric finished his race and took over. i went to the bathroom one last time and while in line threw up a little in my mouth. wtf was that?
then off to the starting line. then we were off. i was about 5th off the bat. its a long straight start then kind of heads off and up. i went past two people, maybe 3. then we hit that first sand hill - the one that in my pre-ride i couldn't get over for some reason. the girl infront of me stopped and kind of fell at the top and so did i. i grabbed my bike and ran down the other side. doing so i gave up those two spots again. i think i was in 4th. then it was go go go. i took another spot and then i don't know what happened. one of the girls broke her chain. so now i was in 3rd. i was right on 2nd place for most of the race, occasionally going back and forth with her. we passed a ton of the men, which was pretty exciting. i was working hard but really time (other than those first 5 or so minutes) did I feel like stopping or even letting up. i did think about how i might bail on my run after though. but i kept going. then the girl i was battling with started having some mechanicals. she was faster then me on the descents but i was faster on the uphills. and next thing you know i was in 2nd. i held that for 3/4 of the last lap maybe? and then it was over. i went to the car and changed my clothes and said, ok, maybe i'll just run for 15. but i wound up being out for 38. i started out on the dirt road then wound up on the course. it was pretty fun although I did walk a few of the hills. while i was gone seamus acceted my 2nd place award for me which I would have liked to have seen because she is so darn cute.
then we finally headed out. the line for the ferry was 1:30 so we went to DQ and i didn't even get a blizzard! i was blown from the race and it just sounded terrible. we decided to drive the long way around and go over deception pass which was really pretty. the kids fell asleep quickly but seamus eventually woke up and told us all about how going on th ferry would have been quicker. she cried and cried and when I tried to console her she said she just needed to cry for a little bit. so she did and then she was done.
i was so happy when we got home but we still needed to unload the car and get everyone into the bathtub since they were DIRTY.
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