LUNA CHIX PRO TEAM

Day 1 of BC Bike Race is in the books.  It was pretty cool racing with a teammate (especially a really fast one…).  I started things off right by not warming up enough and feeling like a pile of poop for the first 20 minutes.  My legs loaded up immediately.  The first couple of kilometers were rolling pavement and then it dived into singletrack, so the pace was pretty tough from the start. Once I warmed up though, I started feeling pretty good and we were able to make up a few spots on the first climb.  The first downhill (a trail called Severed Dick that all the locals just call “Severed”) went pretty smoothly.  I led since Ryan hadn’t gotten a chance to pre-ride, and then when it flattened out Ryan got in front and pulled us along to the next climb.  The next downhill had some more steep technical stuff- a lot like what you find in a World Cup race, only a lot longer and more!  We did a good mix of running and riding (it was at this point that Katerina and Catharine caught up to us and then dropped us).  It was fun though, and the trails were in great shape.  We ended up finishing as the first mixed team in less than 2 hours.  It was like a cross-country, except Ryan was there to sing to me the whole time (I also got to hear some nice spoken-word poetry…).  Tomorrow’s stage will be longer, and I am looking forward to a slower start (hopefully).  The trails in BC have been pretty spectacular so far, so I am excited for what’s to come.