Granogue MTB

I was able to do the Escape from Granogue race thanks to the support of my wonderful family! I met Kris and the kids at Aunt Mimi and Uncle Pete's Friday night. I have to admit it was pretty stressful getting home from work, 1.5 hour drive, packing all my crap for the race, grabbing a Clif Bar to hold me off until I got to Mimi's, which is another hour drive. Made it Mimi's and they were all playing Guitar Hero, game looked pretty cool but I was too curmudgeonly after getting there, to attempt it. Maybe next time?

Got down to the race in plenty of time, it only took me about 45 minutes from Mimi's. Hung out for a while with all the DCC of D folks, great to see everyone.

So, the start of the race... I started at the back, and felt good at the start along the road. So, I kept going until I was leading going into the woods! Up the hill to the tower and, "uh oh! that wasn't the smartest thing to do!" It took me an entire lap to recover from the effort to get to the front! I kept thinking about The King telling Lightning McQueen,
"...you have more talent in 1 lug nut than most racers have in there entire body, but you're stupid!" The talent part was not what pertained to me but "the stupid" part. Over and over again in my head is The King saying "You're stupid!"

I did take a little break on the first lap, a bug flew down my throat, and it did not sit so well. Yeah, I barfed a little on the side of the trail.

I ended up finishing the race just fine. Maybe next race I will "race" a little smarter.