Not the weekend that I was hoping for, but it was all worth it to see my teammate win a bronze medal. I never thought when I started the Crossniacs that we would get a rider on the world championship podium.
My weekend was a qualifier that was a mud-fest and today was mud and ice and the key was to try to stay up. I think everyone went down a couple of times. As I was warming up I flatted a tubular, which was my best mud tire. Strike 1. So I had to grab the front wheel from my pit bike and put a non-mud tire on my pit bike. Pitting bikes was crucial today because of all the mud. Riders would go to the pit every lap and swap bikes to get a clean bike. 3/4 into the first lap I crashed into a wooden stake and thankfully didn't get hurt, but it broke my front brake on my A bike and I rode a 1/2 lap without a front brake on mud and ice. I pitted and grabbed my B bike with the tires that I didn't want to ride and couldn't pit because my A bike had a broken brake. My bike got super clogged and added a few pounds of mud to it. Frustrating, but cyclocross is a heart breaker. It only takes a bobble or a mall mechanical and you're race is done. The courses due to the weather didn't suit my riding very well anyway. I've raced her in dry conditions and it suits my riding style, that's what I was hoping for.
Next year will be different. I don't know what yet, but things will change on focus.
Thanks for all your support
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