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I fully expected to enjoy a nice, leisurely ride in the beech woods. I didn’t touch the bike all week after Sheboygan, and twice that week Matt and I had Whitman Sampler and Queso dip for dinner. I was also really excited to ride the trails, which I’d heard were a little technical (but dang, guys! - that was sweeter than just a little technical).

Anyway, the day turned out to be one of my hardest efforts of the year, and not for any of those reasons. Ladies turned out! Ladies who chased me all over that dam* course like some sort of never-ending tag-team. I would drop one of them only to find the other a few yards behind me in the open.

I was once again reminded what it feels like to actually race - it’s hard. It hurts, and it’s emotionally hard. And that - is really fun. I would sponsor Jen and Lindsey to come out and race with me at WORS, because they both gave me a really good run for my money and it would be fantastic to do that more often.

I kept trying because of this picture. I really wanted to stand up there with these two ladies.

Anyway, it was a blast. Matt decided to ride with me for a couple of laps, and that was really fun. Then we had some amazing food, I had too much coffee and I won an electric toothbrush. Score!!