Wednesday, February 17, 2010

High School ride music video

Here is a two minute slide/video of some footage (with a very modest camera I had in my back pocket) from two recent rides with the high school mtb. club. I'm behind the camera but Tina and Kirstie are captured a few times. We like riding with and inspiring the kids, and we do need to mind our behavior around them, ha, ha. One of us skidded for fun and a kid reminded us that we should ride, not slide. Sweet!

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Taming of the what . . . ?

bwaaahahahahaha. This old ad is definitely out of date especially when it comes to at least three spirited women I know who have absolutely NO yearning to "be tamed" (or being compared to a car) . . . to all the ladies out there on bikes - let it fly!! The higher the better.

kd

Monday, February 1, 2010

CCCX #5 DH Race Results


Women's Sport Class

1 328w 3'52''.86 Mary Moncorg'e unattached Livermore
2 338w 4'09''.31 Tina Wilson Girls on The East Side Auburn
3 312W 4'19''.08 Ayshe Tuncer Chainsmoke Aptos
4 310W 4'26''.22 Jill Henrich Chainsmoke Sunnyvale
5 337w 4'28''.39 Kirstie Douglass Girls on the East Side Auburn
7 320w 4'41''.66 Natalie Morris Ventana Sacramento
Full race results here . . .





It was a beautiful weekend for a race in Salinas, CA. The sun was finally shining after weeks of clouds and rain. We pushed our bikes up a two mile hill to the top of the course for practices and the race -- thank goodness the course was fast and fun (see the "Thumbs Up" post on course conditions two posts down) -- which always makes it worth it! The riding was great and the atmosphere was too. It's so satisfying being around a group of people who share your passion for MTBing and the comradery is inspiring! The Girls on the East Side met the Dirt Divas (how gang do we sound?) and hope to do some riding in Santa Cruz sometime. Looking forward to more races in the season - yeaaaah!

(Race photo of Tina and practice photo of Kirstie taken by Rick Rasmussen).
kd