ok .. i see

Lap two wasn’t any easier.  But – it wasn’t any harder either.  Its all about the recovery.
I got to wear my brand new sleeveless Trails-Edge jersey.  Seriously, I just took it out of the packaging to put it on.  The temperature had dropped to a reasonable level and it turned into a really nice night.

I was really only 5 minutes slower on this lap than the first – and I had some light problems.  We’re riding our bikes on a ski hill.  We spend 7 miles climbing to the top of the ski hill, and then go back down in 2 miles.  Needless to say, those last two miles are lots and lots of “e” sweet.

As I got to the sweeeeeet downhill section, it was starting to get pretty dark, especially in the woods, so I turned on the killer HID that I’d borrowed and mounted on my helmet.  But, that HID is a little different than my HID and it wasn’t working quite right … and then it stopped working all together.  So, I turned on my 12 watt Trail Ratt that was (badly) mounted on my handle bar.

So, I’m screamin down this hill, and my helmet is rolling around on my head because of the stoopid heavy (and now useless) light on top of it … In fact, its bumpy enough that my helmet bounced down enough to cover my eyes… So here I am, with my badly aimed, relatively dim light and I have to hold my head back so that I can peek out from underneath my helmet.  And, this is NOT hard packed, stony creek type single track .. oh no .. this is rooty, soft, twisty and a little scary in the daylight … Oh, and somewhere in there, on her last lap, Shari fell so hard that she broke her helmet… (Poor thing, she tried to do another lap when I started this one, but I made her turn around a couple of miles in because she said she was feeling a little hazy and light headed.. she’s pretty much done for this race, but Robin is now kicking ass for the Half-Baked team )

Where was I ? Oh, so .. yeah .. it was a tough ending out there .. But, I feel good.

Bummer part though .. Nick’s having some stomach issues and is pretty much outta commission for awhile … sorry babe!