Racing, Winning, Racing.

Had to do the double with some of the multi-day races still on the calendar later this summer. With Mt Hood Classic off the table, we decided to make a quick trip up to the Indie Series for the Bavarian Bike and Brews Festival.

Even though I tried my best to miss the start, I made short work of the up/down course and demolished the competition–and almost myself when I ate it hard over on the last lap. Lucky lucky. Over the bars at speed never feels good but I managed to escape with a few scrapes and bruises!

We drove the rest of the day and part of the night to Bend for Picketts Charge the next day. It was a new course with seemingly endless twisting singletrack through the woods. A select group of locals broke the elastic almost immediately and amassed a gruesome lead on the rest of us.

I managed the distinction of being the “first” non-local finisher in 4th place but left licking my wounds.

Things have tightened up again in the XC Series so I have more work to do if I am going to secure overall victory in 2009.

Cheers,

VP