Friday, May 18, 2007

Nathrop Report

Killer Race last weekend in Nathrop, Colorado. Nathrop's pretty much in the middle of no where, and its not the best course on the circuit, but a good way to blow the dust out of the legs so to speak.

Devo had a fairly good turnout with 3 podium spots (Mike, Jill, and Ellie) and everyone raced really well. Brae was riding in the front on lap one and had an unfortunate incident with a cactus, which forced him to drop out of the race. Ellie killed it in her jr. sport women's race, coming out on top of a strong field. Mike started his sport race by rallying the field right off the line, but blew up later on and held on for second. Ben stepped it up for his first sport race and finished 11th in a very competitive field. Jill was leading Jr. ex women but a flat dragged her down to 3rd. Ellen, also in her first jr. ex race, rode well and ended up fourth.

We had a nice house about 5 miles from the race, right up next to the mountains, and quite nice. Usual antics occured pretty much nonstop, including ice baths in the creek, ridiculously competitive pool and foosball, extreme walking, and causing a general ruckus.

The team pit


Jill


Jr. Sport mens start


Ben


Mike


Ellie


Not a bad view


I apologize for not getting any picture of other racers as i was racing.
Fun weekend all around.

1 comment:

DV8 said...

Cool dude. Nice job.