Southridge Winter Series Race #1

[allison]

Originally Posted by sdyeti

If they'll have us

I'm pretty sure we are both booked up for the entire season!

[bighit8]

So will there be an STR meeting spot? Kinnda an introduce yourself spot!

[allison]

Originally Posted by bighit8

So will there be an STR meeting spot? Kinnda an introduce yourself spot!

Justin, Steph, myself, Maxwell, and a few others will all be racing XC.

If you see a girl on a green Dos Niner come say hi (that is me!).

Justin and I will be wearing our STR jerseys on Saturday afternoon for DH practice (white/red Socom for him, and green/black Demo 7 for me). If you see another girl on the same bike, but without the jersey it is Carla

Steph will be on her white Socom. Nancy and Roger always wear Path argyle, and also both have Socom's.

We all usually park kinda near the front, to the right of the signup stuff. Away from the XC start and DH finish, but closer to the shuttle area.

Feel free to walk up to anyone of us and say hi! We are all friendly, I promise.

[jfromlv]

Originally Posted by bighit8

So will there be an STR meeting spot? Kinnda an introduce yourself spot!

As always, the Incycle tent will be out there, and The Path crew are usually nearby, usually ends up being one big meeting area. Come and introduce yourself, I'm the one with the ginormous head, or so I've been told!

[denmother]

Originally Posted by allison

I'm pretty sure we are both booked up for the entire season!

Yes, my 4 bestest buds have reservations all season long! There is space in 1 bedroom upstairs and the living room downstairs!

[allison]

Originally Posted by denmother

Yes, my 4 bestest buds have reservations all season long! There is space in 1 bedroom upstairs and the living room downstairs!

You rock, Nancy! I'm planning on bringing containers and instant oatmeal so you guys don't have to run to the store Saturday night while I'm sleeping



BTW, any way I can talk everyone into watching the New England game instead of bike videos Saturday night?

[bighit8]

Originally Posted by allison

Justin, Steph, myself, Maxwell, and a few others will all be racing XC.

If you see a girl on a green Dos Niner come say hi (that is me!).

Justin and I will be wearing our STR jerseys on Saturday afternoon for DH practice (white/red Socom for him, and green/black Demo 7 for me). If you see another girl on the same bike, but without the jersey it is Carla

Steph will be on her white Socom. Nancy and Roger always wear Path argyle, and also both have Socom's.

We all usually park kinda near the front, to the right of the signup stuff. Away from the XC start and DH finish, but closer to the shuttle area.

Feel free to walk up to anyone of us and say hi! We are all friendly, I promise.

I met Justin on the fully night ride like two Thursdays ago ( when it was butt cold) and Nancy and Roger at dino's b-day.

[allison]

Originally Posted by bighit8

I met Justin on the fully night ride like two Thursdays ago ( when it was butt cold) and Nancy and Roger at dino's b-day.

Cool, well I will most likely be with them at some point

Sorry I missed out.. my HID crapped out and Rosocoes with friends sounded like a great idea

[Dino Brown]

Just a reminder- My Brother will be attending the DH race on Sunday (with his camera equipment)! If you want your picture taken, it may be best if he KNOWS YOUR NUMBER!

[allison]

Originally Posted by Dino Brown

Just a reminder- My Brother will be attending the DH race on Sunday (with his camera equipment)! If you want your picture taken, I suggest you make your number known!

Yeah, I never saw the photos from last time.

[Dino Brown]

I must have posted 40 pics on his behalf... If you didn't see yourself, he may have not taken any of you!

[bighit8]

Post numbers, I am taking pics also.

[allison]

Originally Posted by Dino Brown

I must have posted 40 pics on his behalf... If you didn't see yourself, he may have not taken any of you!

Yes he did! Despite your best attempts at taking Ironhorse photos only, I was in there. You just never posted the

[sauce]

Originally Posted by sdyeti

Okay, here's my deal.

I want to keep my training focused on VQ. Unlike other folks out there, I need to try really hard to finish this race. I love DH, don't get me wrong. I just don't want to obsess about it like I did in 05 and 06. In 2005, between Super D, DH, and XC I did 25 races. I was getting mentally sick of it and did major damage to my bank account (of course I made some great memories).

All in all, I want to keep my year balanced. Yes, I will race DH but my training was pretty weak the last two weeks and I'm thinking I might be wrecked after the XC.

And yes, Dan's bike is done And yes, he didn't know there was a race until last Sunday

I totally feel you on this. I too went way over-board last year with all my endurance racing. Going from a non-athletic, grade-obsessed UCLA philosophy doctoral student to a compulsive racer mountain biker was just me repeating the same old mistake again.

I say - try really hard to enjoy it. Put your energy there. Look at what you really love about mountain biking, and go after that. Do you love long, epic rides or the thrill of downhill? Maybe you love both. I love both, but I choose to pick and choose my races as to keep it fun. I will ride xc one day and dh another, and if I don't feel like riding one day (even though I had planned to), I don't ride. Sometimes I do Yoga instead. Sometimes I'm physically tired but have mental energy, so I just do some reading instead. And the time away from biking makes me cherish biking that much more and actually keeps me consistent in my pursuit of riding - ironically enough.

So getting balance in your life - it's really just all about listening to yourself and your desires and heeding those desires instead of forcing yourself into some uber-competitive torture-fest. I know I sound terribly didactic right now, but I can relate to your experience.

Is being the winner your goal, or is being balanced and thereby happy your goal? Winning doesn't make happy, balanced people; it makes people who are tyrannical in their desire to win and empty in their inability to enjoy the moment.

But if the only reason you don't want to race xc is because you fear you won't win, I say go do it. It would be a good opportunity to just not give a %$%$ about winning. If you don't want to race xc because you're honestly concerned about your fatigue levels and "not having fun at Fontana," then screw it. And if you want to not race DH so you can focus on Vision Quest, do it! You're not thereby ditching DH - you can always go back to it. It'll always be waiting for you. You're not a loser just because you choose not to do everything. You're a winner if you're truly satisfied with what you are doing.

And yes, this is just a veiled attempt to get you to drop out of the women's pro dh category so that I have less competition, because really ... I just want to win! j/k

[Dino Brown]

Originally Posted by allison

Yes he did! Despite your best attempts at taking Ironhorse photos only, I was in there. You just never posted the

Allison, my apologies. I did find (1) picture of you. Unfortunately, I took it with my point and shoot! I will ask my Brother to look through his archives.



Consider these peace offerings-

Super Hero... Super HOTTIE..... Super Mann...

Future Women's XC/SD/DH Champion (second from left)

J_Sims with an unnamed Super Model

[BFloFoxRider.]

Originally Posted by Dino Brown

Allison, my apologies. I did find (1) picture of you. Unfortunately, I took it with my point and shoot! I will ask my Brother to look through his archives.

not sure if it looks any better at all but here i tried to focus it more...
now that i look at it in preview post... i focused one too many times... gimme a min te ill make it better...


and since i got bored i made it look old...





maybe better?
idk..

[allison]

Originally Posted by BFloFoxRider.

and since i got bored i made it look old...

That is pretty sweet

[BFloFoxRider.]

yea i downloaded this new program today.... it has alot of things i can do to it....
its kinda neat..
so now im trying out all these pics
LOL