From kcrichar@u.washington.edu Tue Apr 4 21:40:59 2000 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.7]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id VAA37132 for ; Tue, 4 Apr 2000 21:40:58 -0700 Received: from lightmail.com (lightmail.com [207.159.128.77]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.02/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id VAA28976 for ; Tue, 4 Apr 2000 21:40:57 -0700 Received: from EmeraldNetworkTheta1.Emerald2 ([209.203.245.175]) by lightmail.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id VAA18177 for ; Tue, 4 Apr 2000 21:37:40 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <005001bf9eb8$79a39d00$aff5cbd1@Emerald2> From: "K.C. Richards" To: Subject: race report for the ladies Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 21:36:13 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_004D_01BF9E7D.CCFA0060" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004D_01BF9E7D.CCFA0060 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yeah, so I'm feeling kinda guilty that nothing has been said about the = women's race but It's pretty hard to top the reports recounted by the = guys. "Brevity is the source of wit" or something like that so here it = goes... =20 I was pretty stoked heading to Spokane because finally I would have a = team-mate in the A's race! Beth and I lined up on the track ready to = give the MSU chicks a serious run for their money. As usual, the pace = started out unbearably slow and Beth ripped ahead of everyone, yelling = out the familiar "yeeha" which immediately aroused the pack into action. = Unfortunately, after that first attack our husky warrior came down with = some horrendous stomach cramps and had to pull out of the pack. I hung = tough and kept racing like a rookie. Before I knew it the bell had rung = and a sprint lap was in full effect. I stayed with the pack and was = feeling confident about my sprinting abilities after last weeks' track = race, however my "rookie-ness" certainly got the better of me and I got = completely boxed in. As we rounded the corner, I stupidly overlapped = wheels with 2 MSU girls and CRASH!!! I was suddenly kissing the asphalt. = Luckily I was right near the pit and and some of the boys helped my up. = I remember looking up at my bike and seeing that my chain had fallen = off and thinking, "oh man, how am I going to get that back on in time" = (Just goes to show how little thinking was done). I had to get back in = the race! James graciously offered up his wheel (my spokes had broken) = I dusted of my face, didn't look down at my ravaged knees and went back = into the thick of things. I gave it a good effort on the sprint laps = but couldn't seem to pull out any magic. After the race the damage was = assesed: a broken helmet, 2 broken/bent spokes, a scratched derailer, = considerable loss of handle bar tape, a headache, some serious road rash = and 4th place. Brian and a friendly U of O dude doctored me up and I = crawled home to mommy and daddy. The handlebars were repaired that = evening- thanks mike and ken. All-in-all, saturday was not a steller day on the track for us (not to = say that there weren't some valiant indivdual efforts though :) Sunday, as Busto said went much better for both sexes. Fabulous sunny = weather and some good ace bandages lifted my spirits. Beth's stomach = felt better and she rolled up to start with her usual smile. The A = women raced with the CAT 1-3, so right off we were getting pushed by = some of the experienced veterans. The pack dwindled as several attacks = happened early in the race. I found myself hanging on hoping the pace = would slow up once we got out into the wheat fields and felt the wind. = Thankfully it did. Although, WSU sensation-Laura, and the MSU girls = attacked feverently, they never got away. When we got to the 1K mark, I = made sure not to get smashed in as I had done before, and low and behold = I was right on Laura's wheel all the way in the final sprint. I didn't = catch her but a close 2nd place boosted my waning confidence after = saturday's crash. Beth rolled in shortly after the first pack, winning = the sprint for the 2nd group of finishers. All in all the dawg-ettes = gave a good effort. Now here goes my plea for racers...we (Beth and I) = can't do it alone. Come out and race Seward- I'd love to see you there. = Enough of my rambling...see you next weekend! K.C. =20 ------=_NextPart_000_004D_01BF9E7D.CCFA0060 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
Yeah, so I'm feeling kinda = guilty that=20 nothing has been said about the women's race but It's pretty hard = to top=20 the reports recounted by the guys.  "Brevity is the source of wit" = or=20 something like that so here it = goes... =20
 
I was pretty stoked heading to Spokane = because=20 finally I would have a team-mate in the A's race!  Beth = and I=20 lined up on the track ready to give the MSU chicks a = serious run=20 for their money.  As usual, the pace started out unbearably slow = and Beth=20 ripped ahead of everyone, yelling out the familiar "yeeha" which = immediately=20 aroused the pack into action.  Unfortunately, after that first = attack=20 our husky warrior came down with some horrendous stomach = cramps and=20 had to pull out of the pack.  I hung tough and kept = racing like a=20 rookie.  Before I knew it = the bell had=20 rung and a sprint lap was in full effect.  I=20 stayed with the pack and  was feeling confident about my = sprinting=20 abilities after last weeks' track race, however my "rookie-ness" = certainly=20 got the better of me and I got completely boxed in.  As we = rounded the=20 corner, I stupidly overlapped wheels with 2 MSU girls = and CRASH!!! I=20 was suddenly kissing the asphalt.  Luckily I was right = near=20 the pit and and some of the boys helped my up.  = I=20 remember looking up at my bike and seeing = that my chain had=20 fallen off and thinking, "oh man, how am I going to = get that=20 back on in time" (Just goes to show how little thinking was=20 done).  I had to get back in the race!  James=20 graciously offered up his wheel (my spokes had broken) I = dusted of my=20 face, didn't look down at my ravaged knees and  = went back=20 into the thick of things.  I gave it a good effort on the = sprint laps=20 but couldn't seem to pull out any magic. After the race = the damage was=20 assesed: a broken helmet, 2 broken/bent spokes, a=20 scratched derailer, considerable loss of handle bar tape, a = headache,=20 some serious road rash and 4th place.  Brian and a friendly U = of O=20 dude doctored me up and I crawled home to mommy and = daddy. =20 The handlebars were repaired that evening- thanks mike and=20 ken.
All-in-all, saturday was not a steller = day on the=20 track for us (not to say that there weren't some valiant indivdual = efforts=20 though :)
 
Sunday, as Busto said went much better = for both=20 sexes.  Fabulous sunny weather and some good ace bandages = lifted=20 my spirits.  Beth's stomach felt better and she rolled up to start = with her=20 usual smile.  The A women raced with the CAT 1-3, so right off we = were=20 getting pushed by some of the experienced veterans.  The pack = dwindled as=20 several attacks happened early in the race.  I found myself = hanging on=20 hoping the pace would slow up once we got out into the wheat fields and = felt the=20 wind.  Thankfully it did. =20 Although, WSU sensation-Laura, and the MSU girls attacked feverently, = they never=20 got away.  When we got to the 1K mark, I made sure not to get = smashed=20 in as I had done before, and low and behold I was right on Laura's = wheel=20 all the way in the final sprint.  I didn't catch her but a = close=20 2nd place boosted my waning confidence after saturday's = crash. =20 Beth rolled in shortly after the first pack, winning the sprint for = the 2nd=20 group of finishers.  All in all the dawg-ettes gave = a good=20 effort.  Now=20 here goes my plea for racers...we (Beth and I) can't do it alone.  = Come out=20 and race Seward- I'd love to see you there. 
 
Enough of my rambling...see you = next=20 weekend!
 
K.C. =        =20
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