We are in need of some heavy hittin’ mo fo’s to run the mtb page. All you
gotta do is keep the rest of us abreast of what’s happening on the trails in and around the Fort. Night Rides, Trail Volunteer Days , Short Track, Ultras, ………………..you get the idea.
Let us know if you want to run the page.
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10-28-08
This just in
CSU gets on the box again
Amanda Miller won the silver medal at Collegiate MTB Nationals. Amanda if you are reading this we would love to get a race report.
10/30/08
So when we found out that Amanda Miller from CSU had raced her way to the Silver medal at this years Collegiate Short Track National Championships we started to spread the word asking for a race report.
Well here it is. Thanks and Congratulations Amanda!
Collegiate Mountain Bike Nationals Short Track Race
I woke up to a fog/mist mixture. Fortunately, the temperatures were decent (in the 50’s). However, the course was destroyed. It had rained all day the day before, and there was still precipitation coming down for our 10:00am start. The field was smaller than last year. I received the second call-up, behind Eszter Horanyi from University of Colorado. She was the reigning national champion and I had won the RMCCC championships. The rest of the conference champions lined up on the front row. The race was 20minutes plus two laps, I think. The gun went off, and I had a pretty bad start. Couldn’t find my pedal for some reason. So I had to fight my way to the front, which was a bit sketchy as we came into the first corner. I kept it upright and eventually found myself at the front. I led up the hill the first time. The hill was the hardest part of the race. It by no means would have been a hard hill if it was dry. However, the mud decided where your bike was going. I had hardly any control of it as I was climbing. I got passed by a few people and found myself sitting in 5th place (or somewhere close by). After a few laps of crashing and taking poor lines, I found my rhythm and went to it. I started picking people off, and eventually made my way back up to 2nd place, which was Eszter. I knew Carla Swart, from Lees McRae was way off the front. The last time I saw her was when she passed me on the first lap. I caught up to Eszter on 3 laps to go. I put quite a bit of time on her, but couldn’t see Carla. I heard the announcer talk about her as she passed through the finish line and knew there was no way I was going to catch her. So I finished 2nd, caked in mud. Pretty sure I had mud up my nose by the time the race had ended. All in all though, it was a fun race and a great experience!
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