Over The Hump - Week 5

Tuesday was the fifth Over The Hump race. Skyler and I both got to race in it this week. They changed the course again by adding an extra mile to each lap (9 miles for me and 13.5 for Skyler). This week's course was mainly climbing and it wasn't even technical climbing.

Tran, the girl who I'm competing the most with, is a fast climber. I'm better with technical stuff and, unfortunately, the course was less technical this week. Lots of fire roads. Plus, I just wasn't feeling up to par. Skyler thinks that we may still be feeling the effects of Ironman Boise. I'll take that as my excuse.

Still, I placed third in my group (right behind Tran) and Skyler placed sixth. Keep in mind that my group is way smaller than Skyler's so I think he actually did better as a percentage. Great job!

Kelly and I decided to bring out the skirts to their first mountain bike race. I wasn't sure what people would think because women don't wear skirts while biking (running is a different story). But they were well received. Every single guy I passed commented on my skirt (although I'm sure they were probably thinking, "why am I getting passed by a girl in a pink sparkle skirt?"). A few of the other women racers even asked us where we got them. In case you're interested yourself, check out Team Sparkle.

Sadly, Skyler and I will be missing next week's race, so I will lose the leader's jersey. I can win it back at the end of the series based on if I have the most points. We get to drop our three worst races, so I can use next week's absence as one of those.