Why does the weekend go by so fast???

This past weekend was pretty awesome. Lots of riding and even a little racing!

On Friday I got a text from my 8 hours of Cannonsburg teammate (SS Danielle) asking if I wanted to ride. We had no plan but ironically enough ended up at Cannonsburg. I'm really glad that we ended up there because workers informed us that it was the last day to ride on the trail for the time being. Apparently they are digging ditches for new electrical wiring and don't want to risk anyone falling in. This I can understand because I would totally be the person who accidentally rides their bike into a ditch.

Anyways the weather was pretty dreary and both Danielle and I had problems picking the right gear to ride in. Danielle couldn't find her gloves and wore her lobster claws, which were WAY too warm for temps in the high 40's/low 50's.
I was on the other end of the spectrum and completely under-dressed. In the last week I've managed to lose both sets of my arm warmers and tried to make my own in a last minute desperate attempt to stay warm. Needless to say it did not go well and I think it's safe to say that I won't be appearing on Project Runway any time soon.
Despite the fact that Danielle was too hot and I was too cold we had a really great ride. Both of us figured out what gearing we will be racing at Iceman and I have to admit I feel a little wimpy power wise. Danielle will be pushing a harder gear then me and was completely rocking at Cannonsburg. I was very, very impressed!

The sun came back out on Saturday and I went riding with Jason. He's racing Iceman for the first time this year and I tried to simulate the course a bit so that he could get an idea of what he's in for. I threw in a few extra hills for good measure as well. I mean, I have to get back at him a little bit for all of the hard workouts he puts me through in the winter :-)

Sunday was my first kisscross race and I was pretty nervous in the morning. I knew that I was going to be in PAIN!!! And guess what? I was right! I decided to race on my El Mariachi because I wanted a hard mountain bike workout before Iceman. I started to kick myself once I pre-rode the course because it was really cross friendly (which makes sense since it was a cross race). There were a ton of long, flat grassy sections and nothing that technical.

For the first half of the race I was racing in 3rd place out of the women but managed to work my way up to bring home the beer for my husband. I love cross-so freaking painful but so much fun at the same time. I was amazed at how much snot and drool was running down my face at the same time...not a pretty picture, I know. However, as painful as it was, it was not as painful as racing for 24 hours at 7,000 ft. It's amazing how Nationals put everything in perspective for me :-)

The weather was absolutely amazing on Sunday so I headed out for more mileage with Juli after the race. She and her husband are house shopping right now and we ended up at an open house. Definitely a first time for me during a ride. Sadly the house was super over-priced and even more sad was the fact that there were no snacks. I was sorely disappointed.

I felt like the realtor did a double-take when he saw me and figured it was because he wasn't used to seeing people wearing helmets on their heads while walking through his houses. When I got home and looked in a mirror I figured out why he gave me a weird look. I had mud splattered all over me....I always forget about that!The realtor got off easy...I've been a lot muddier, that's for sure!