I won?

yesterday, my team put on a cyclocross race to benefit the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.  the turnout was pretty low because there was a Seattle series race today, and I guess series points are more important than cancer in most people's minds...  

there ended up only being 4 cat 4 women, so they bunched us with the masters women.  the course was really scary, and i had some trouble just getting through it during warmup.  it had some tricky, off-camber descents covered in small, loose rocks.  i don't like rocks or twisty downhills.  i ended up running a LOT, 4 times a lap when I only needed to run twice.  it was funny.  my teammates were laughing at me, but i was laughing too.  

i ended up winning somehow, and i won a free pair of sugoi shorts!  i know that running through everything that scares me isn't the best racing tactic, but this stuff doesn't come easily to me at all.

erin, of course, was the master bunny hopper.  he finished mid pack again, and as usual, his sweet mtb skills made up for his somewhat lacking fitness.  he sure can bunny hop his cx bike high!

today alyson, liga and i went for a 3 hour ride, which was nice until it started raining really, really hard.  rain is much nicer when you have fenders and buddy flaps, though.