Golden State Series Bonelli
On Wednesday I met up with my team to go preride the course. I thought the course was fun, but it was also difficult because it was mostly steep and short climbs. Like the weekend before it was a double race weekend and the day after bonelli I would race the socal league at vail. So on Friday I packed all the things I would need for the weekend and then woke up saturday and it was time to get ready for bonelli.
We arrived around 8:30, then had to register. After registering time went by pretty fast, and then it was time to warm up, we did a 20 min warm up then took a little loop of the course and headed down to the staging area.
On the start line I was pretty nervous and it was getting pretty hot. And then it was time to go. On the first lap, which each lap is around 4 miles, I tried to stay as close to my sister as possible. And throughout the first two laps I was not right behind her, but I could see her a little ahead. By the end of the 2nd lap I could definently feel the heat getting to me, and I started to slow down.
Going through the finish of the 2nd lap and starting my last lap, I got water from the feed zone, like I did every other lap and to be honest I wanted the race to end, but of course I had to finish. On that last lap I could feel myself slowing the pace then some girls started passing me so I worked to catch up to them.
By the end of the race I was 2 seconds off 8th place,but at the finish I was happy it was over, but just because I didn't feel my best I still had a great time racing because every day on a bike is a good time. After the race I spun out and then it was time to do it all again the next day so it was time to recover and prepare for vail.
We arrived around 8:30, then had to register. After registering time went by pretty fast, and then it was time to warm up, we did a 20 min warm up then took a little loop of the course and headed down to the staging area.
On the start line I was pretty nervous and it was getting pretty hot. And then it was time to go. On the first lap, which each lap is around 4 miles, I tried to stay as close to my sister as possible. And throughout the first two laps I was not right behind her, but I could see her a little ahead. By the end of the 2nd lap I could definently feel the heat getting to me, and I started to slow down.
Going through the finish of the 2nd lap and starting my last lap, I got water from the feed zone, like I did every other lap and to be honest I wanted the race to end, but of course I had to finish. On that last lap I could feel myself slowing the pace then some girls started passing me so I worked to catch up to them.
By the end of the race I was 2 seconds off 8th place,but at the finish I was happy it was over, but just because I didn't feel my best I still had a great time racing because every day on a bike is a good time. After the race I spun out and then it was time to do it all again the next day so it was time to recover and prepare for vail.
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