I completely agree with Mr.Sunshine. I was pretty nervous and wasn't sure what to expect from this weekend. I honestly didn't know if I would be able to handle all 5 events in one weekend or if I would be dead after the first. However, I managed to make it through all of them alive and only a little bloodshed. The TT was enough to make me question my sanity, but by the time I made it back down the mountain, I was grinning from ear to ear. Having the guys cheer me on as I took on the VT girls in the dual slolem was a great feeling. I think having people backing you makes a world of difference. The entire weekend was a great bonding experience and I can't wait to do it again next weekend. And of course, we can't forget the jackhammer. :-)
Love you guys!! On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 10:20 PM, Sunshine Steve <[email protected]>wrote: > As stated above, first time racing! One word: Radical. There is > nothing like riding your bike and having your teammates cheer for you, > and if needed do whatever it takes to get you across the finish line. > Even though I was destroyed by most and in some cases all of my > competitors, the VT weekend was overall a great race and great > experience with an awesome team. > > Thanks, everyone! > > On Sep 5, 4:20 pm, Jonathan Zerbe <[email protected]> wrote: > > We burned some furniture on a fire, and camped out in some beautiful > weather > > (a little cold though). Although I don't know everyones results, Duncan > > Oliver got 3rd in the hill climb, 6th in the downhill, and two first > places > > in the short track and cross country! Zerbe got 2nd in the downhill. A > few > > returning guys came out (tyler and mitch), but more impressive is the new > > riders who turned out for their 1st collegiate race - Darren the jew, > Jared > > the twin, Sunshine Steve, Brian Two-Can Decann and Sycamore Sequoya. > Sequoya > > especially had a good tight dual slalom race beating a VT girl and being > the > > other person other than Tyler to make it past the first round. > > > > Overall the team is going to have to fight to keep the title. Its going > to > > be a hard season and Id encourage more new racers and the returning ones > to > > come out and make sure we don't go down without a fight! > > > > Next week we have William and Mary and VCU - both are beginner friendly > > courses. >
