Mexico/Sea Otter Trip

This past week has just been a crazy one. We started by going to Mexico for 4 days. We enjoyed 80 degree weather and lots of swimming. We spent the vacation with my family which added to the fun. On Wednesday we headed to Monterey for the Sea Otter Classic, which is a big MTB race in Cali. It was my first real Pro MTB race so I was not only very excited but very nervous. Kris also was racing in the Pro stage race. It was a little bit crazy having Noah down there and both of us racing but we managed. Kris's Aunt Karen from Menlo Park came down to help out and the girls at the Velobella tent were awsome. So the Super XC came first, what a crazy race. I did alright, the mud down there was something else. Kris didn't get a warm up because he was doing his Daddy duties, but all in all a good day. Next was the TT Kris had an awsome race only 4 minutes but he was middle of the pack, I wrecked and was towards the 2nd half in the results. Saturday brought us another mud bath in the short track. I had great start top 30, then was taken out in a crash at a corner and lost my groove and got pulled. Kris did awsome in his race he was 8th in his heat. Sunday was the long cross country I had a great race again, my shifters busted about 1/4 of the way through the 2nd lap. So I was a supper spinner and lost some time but came in 35th. Kris had a rough start and just barley got to the start line he finished. After the XC was over we were homeward bound.