As usual Norm Thibault, Wendy Simms and their team put together a seamless event that went off like clock-work on a masterfully designed, super varied course.
In the women's race Kristenn was battling for 3rd place and finally clinched it by the 2nd last lap. As you can see below Bobbie was hot on her heels for a lot of the race:
Here's another shot of the tight racing for 3rd that resulted in Kristenn winning the 'most aggressive' award in the women's catergory:
Carey made her 2008 racing debut only 6 weeks after giving birth to beautiful baby boy Chase, she was out racing hard and pushing herself to improve. She's hard core.
For a while in the stacked mens race Jeff was stuck racing somewhere in between Thibault and Simms, however a flat in the last lap had him passed by Canadian Champ Wendy and he placed 11th overall in the Expert Mens category.
Another shot of Jeff pushing hard:
Justin had a challenging race facing a complete flat after a 'take-down' battle by the swing set. He fought hard at the back of the pack and stuck to it, pushing hard right to the finish. Here's a video of him coming down a sketchy decent, he makes it look a lot easier than it is, trust me!
It was a motivating day, and I think all of us are fired up to add a bit of an extra kick into our training.
What's next for Team Helly Hansen Vancouver Island?
Sept 27th:
Racing as a team of Four (Jeff, Kristenn, Justin & Carey) at the Cumberland MOMAR
Should be interesting!
Sept 28th:
Organizing (and possibly racing!) "The Ramble" Marathon XC Mtn Bike Race
The most unique grassroots event in BC!
October 5th:
The next Cross on the Rock race, Victoria.
More suffering. Lots of fun.
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