Saturday, January 23, 2010
Major Milestone!!
Whoo hoo!!! Jayden's first bike ride!!! Mommy and Daddy actually got to ride bikes at the same time. The only issue was that Mommy was working hard and Daddy was hardly working so he pretty much froze the entire time. We went for a nice 1.5 hour road ride up near White...we figured it would be safer than the likely over-crowded Silver Comet.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
North Georgia Adventure Race
The North Georgia Adventure Race has always been an event that I'd consider a "character building experience", that separates the weak from the strong and discards those that come ill-prepared, whether it be in training, gear selection, nutrition, or navigational acumen. This year was no exception. 18,000 feet of elevation gain coupled with nearly 20 hours of steady rain made for some epic conditions.
After going through 3 different teammates who decided they weren't prepared for the challenge, Kevin and I got a call from Chris B. the day before the race saying that he was in...so we finally were a threesome with James and Goble as our support crew. My expectation going into the race was to navigate well, keep moving, and minimize any would-be mistakes. Though I've been riding 10 hrs a week for the last month or so, my runs have been limited to an hour and a half max and I have done NO paddling since May. Chris claimed to be out of shape, and also hadn't paddled in eons. Given these circumstances and a fairly stacked field, I guessed that we'd be able to land in the top 5, but didn't think we'd pull out a win unless there was some tricky nav that we ended up nailing. Going in with this expectation made the beginning of the race much less stressful.
Kevin was our runner on the prologue, and was probably in the top 5 back to the boats. By the time we got on the water and got moving, I think we were in 6th place. We basically slogged through the paddle, losing a couple positions in the process to other teams. By the time we arrived at the last paddle checkpoint, we were in 8th or 9th place. We opted to portage there, and thus the guys threw the boat over their heads and hoofed it up the steep road to the ridgeline of the peninsula. We ran down the road until we saw water in the inlet on the other side and at that point slid the boat down the hillside and got back on the lake. We had about a mile of unobstructed view on the water and didn't see any of the other boats that were in front of us...weird... As we rounded the bend into the main channel, we expected to see a bunch of other teams...no one except for one boat a good distance ahead of us. We spent a few minutes pondering what happened to the other teams and then decided it wasn't worth speculating and that we'd find out soon enough at the take out. I believe we were the 6th boat off the water. We did a full clothing change and hopped on our bikes to make our way towards Fort Mountain State Park, now being in 4th place among the coed teams.
We bombed down the hill and I immediately regretted my decision to forego glasses as I was getting tons of mud chunks in my eyes. Once we hit the paved road we formed a paceline and motored along. For the first time in a long time, I felt well within my limits on the bike. Kevin said not to take any long pulls, but I felt good and we accidentally dropped our other teammate at times. The climb up Peeples Road seemed easy and here we passed another team. Further on down the road we passed another team, so when we hit the Pinhoti Connector, we were the 2nd coed team. This climb wasn't as bad as I thought it would be and was mostly rideable except for a couple of sections up high. We arrived at Ft. Mountain in good spirits, did a quick transition, and checked in at CP 8.
From CP 8 we picked up the Gahuti trail, which was an uphill hike-a-bike, to the 301 trail. In retrospect, I wish we would have just whacked down to the 407 trail..I don't think it was really that bad...and it was ALL downhill. I ended up running a lot of the steep downhill as my 20 lb pack with all my gear for Windy Gap was making me super top heavy and that didn't instill confidence. I definitely didn't want to eat shit while we were doing well, and I think I ran down that mo-fo faster than I usually ride it anyways. We picked up 407 a little ways down, which was a mistake...should have just stayed on 301 because 407 sucked. We eventually ended up bushing down to the 301 anyways and it was a quick ride to CP 9 and CP 10. Out the backside of the park to the pavement and whoo hoo...here comes the RAIN!
We arrive at Windy Gap in 2nd and find that Nuun is still there..cool. We get shoed up and head out towards CP 12. We opted to run most of the road, then take a trail that cut the corner. It worked out pretty well except the road was at a lower elevation than shown on the map, so we had to drop down to it. The whack to CP 13 on Grassy Mtn was pretty decent, although my teammates who were wearing knickers through the briar patches may tell a different story. We ran into Nunn on the way up and arrived at CP 13 before them, however it all came back together at CP 14, where we really took our time to ensure that we stayed on our bearings so we wouldn't miss the small high point. The Milma and Windy Gap trails back to the bike drop were a sloppy mess and I'm amazed no one from Enduraventure or Nuun busted their asses as we jogged a pretty good pace to the trailhead.
We took a bit of a long transition and Nuun got out before us. My teammate wasn't feeling the love on the gravel roads, so we lost about 10 minutes to them on the way to Mulberry Gap. Once there, I asked for a Coke and my wish was granted. Chris had one too and it seemed to give him a boost, as we rode a decent pace up Pinhoti 3 and 4. As we neared the top of Pinhoti 4, I saw the lights of Nuun going the wrong way on the old roadbed. I told my teammates this and we quietly snuck by and headed to CP 17. We got more Coke at CP 17 (whoo hoo) then had to contend with the cold and windy as hell Tatum Lead Road. It was a bit chilly on the downhill and then we hit the Pinhoti trail which, while still downhill, got us off the exposed ridgeline. Lots of little creek crossings on the trail, most rideable and one with ice chunks still in it. By the time we reach CP 18 we're pretty cold and anxious to begin the Pinhoti Connector climb to warm back up.
Back at Ft. Mtn, the first thing we do is get dry and warm. Goble plotted our points and laid out a route for us while we took care of getting warm and eating. I think we stayed in the TA for 45+ minutes and no sign of Nuun...that was comforting. Since we started this section at 3:45 am, I took fairly conservative routes to the first few CP's, utilizing the trails whenever possible. The fog made our lights useless for spotting long distances, so whacking was risky. Goble had made us a second O-map so that Chris could help out with this section which was great, as my brain was starting to get a little foggy too. We worked out out attacks to most of the points and were nailing them. I do think I was on the outs on this section for a little while when I broke up a "M&M picnic" between Chris and Kevin and also when I insisted we crawl straight up a hillside to avoid going around the long way. Sometimes tough love is necessary, and I figured a win would void those memories from their minds. After we hit our 6th O-point, daybreak hit and we started to move a little faster, picking up the two points south of Hwy 52 pretty easily, and then making the final climb to the radio towers to nab the last point. Wouldn't ya know, we had issues with this one, in the form of we walked right by the point...twice! We saw a small hole on the ridge, stopped there and hmmmed and hawwed, not noticing the huge gaping hole over to our left where the CP was hanging. We ran around in circles for about 15 minutes doing our WTFs until another team was kind enough to give out a yell when they spotted the point. Yup, sure enough it was about 20 feet from where we had walked by...twice..but we didn't notice it since it was kind of off to the side of the ridge. With that final punch we were outta there and just had a 1.5 mile jog back to the finish on the paved road. We arrived at the finish around 10:45 am and didn't see any other teams hanging around. When we heard the cheering as we ran into the cabin, it was confirmed that we had held onto our lead and won the 2010 edition of the North Georgia Adventure Race.
After going through 3 different teammates who decided they weren't prepared for the challenge, Kevin and I got a call from Chris B. the day before the race saying that he was in...so we finally were a threesome with James and Goble as our support crew. My expectation going into the race was to navigate well, keep moving, and minimize any would-be mistakes. Though I've been riding 10 hrs a week for the last month or so, my runs have been limited to an hour and a half max and I have done NO paddling since May. Chris claimed to be out of shape, and also hadn't paddled in eons. Given these circumstances and a fairly stacked field, I guessed that we'd be able to land in the top 5, but didn't think we'd pull out a win unless there was some tricky nav that we ended up nailing. Going in with this expectation made the beginning of the race much less stressful.
Kevin was our runner on the prologue, and was probably in the top 5 back to the boats. By the time we got on the water and got moving, I think we were in 6th place. We basically slogged through the paddle, losing a couple positions in the process to other teams. By the time we arrived at the last paddle checkpoint, we were in 8th or 9th place. We opted to portage there, and thus the guys threw the boat over their heads and hoofed it up the steep road to the ridgeline of the peninsula. We ran down the road until we saw water in the inlet on the other side and at that point slid the boat down the hillside and got back on the lake. We had about a mile of unobstructed view on the water and didn't see any of the other boats that were in front of us...weird... As we rounded the bend into the main channel, we expected to see a bunch of other teams...no one except for one boat a good distance ahead of us. We spent a few minutes pondering what happened to the other teams and then decided it wasn't worth speculating and that we'd find out soon enough at the take out. I believe we were the 6th boat off the water. We did a full clothing change and hopped on our bikes to make our way towards Fort Mountain State Park, now being in 4th place among the coed teams.
We bombed down the hill and I immediately regretted my decision to forego glasses as I was getting tons of mud chunks in my eyes. Once we hit the paved road we formed a paceline and motored along. For the first time in a long time, I felt well within my limits on the bike. Kevin said not to take any long pulls, but I felt good and we accidentally dropped our other teammate at times. The climb up Peeples Road seemed easy and here we passed another team. Further on down the road we passed another team, so when we hit the Pinhoti Connector, we were the 2nd coed team. This climb wasn't as bad as I thought it would be and was mostly rideable except for a couple of sections up high. We arrived at Ft. Mountain in good spirits, did a quick transition, and checked in at CP 8.
From CP 8 we picked up the Gahuti trail, which was an uphill hike-a-bike, to the 301 trail. In retrospect, I wish we would have just whacked down to the 407 trail..I don't think it was really that bad...and it was ALL downhill. I ended up running a lot of the steep downhill as my 20 lb pack with all my gear for Windy Gap was making me super top heavy and that didn't instill confidence. I definitely didn't want to eat shit while we were doing well, and I think I ran down that mo-fo faster than I usually ride it anyways. We picked up 407 a little ways down, which was a mistake...should have just stayed on 301 because 407 sucked. We eventually ended up bushing down to the 301 anyways and it was a quick ride to CP 9 and CP 10. Out the backside of the park to the pavement and whoo hoo...here comes the RAIN!
We arrive at Windy Gap in 2nd and find that Nuun is still there..cool. We get shoed up and head out towards CP 12. We opted to run most of the road, then take a trail that cut the corner. It worked out pretty well except the road was at a lower elevation than shown on the map, so we had to drop down to it. The whack to CP 13 on Grassy Mtn was pretty decent, although my teammates who were wearing knickers through the briar patches may tell a different story. We ran into Nunn on the way up and arrived at CP 13 before them, however it all came back together at CP 14, where we really took our time to ensure that we stayed on our bearings so we wouldn't miss the small high point. The Milma and Windy Gap trails back to the bike drop were a sloppy mess and I'm amazed no one from Enduraventure or Nuun busted their asses as we jogged a pretty good pace to the trailhead.
We took a bit of a long transition and Nuun got out before us. My teammate wasn't feeling the love on the gravel roads, so we lost about 10 minutes to them on the way to Mulberry Gap. Once there, I asked for a Coke and my wish was granted. Chris had one too and it seemed to give him a boost, as we rode a decent pace up Pinhoti 3 and 4. As we neared the top of Pinhoti 4, I saw the lights of Nuun going the wrong way on the old roadbed. I told my teammates this and we quietly snuck by and headed to CP 17. We got more Coke at CP 17 (whoo hoo) then had to contend with the cold and windy as hell Tatum Lead Road. It was a bit chilly on the downhill and then we hit the Pinhoti trail which, while still downhill, got us off the exposed ridgeline. Lots of little creek crossings on the trail, most rideable and one with ice chunks still in it. By the time we reach CP 18 we're pretty cold and anxious to begin the Pinhoti Connector climb to warm back up.
Back at Ft. Mtn, the first thing we do is get dry and warm. Goble plotted our points and laid out a route for us while we took care of getting warm and eating. I think we stayed in the TA for 45+ minutes and no sign of Nuun...that was comforting. Since we started this section at 3:45 am, I took fairly conservative routes to the first few CP's, utilizing the trails whenever possible. The fog made our lights useless for spotting long distances, so whacking was risky. Goble had made us a second O-map so that Chris could help out with this section which was great, as my brain was starting to get a little foggy too. We worked out out attacks to most of the points and were nailing them. I do think I was on the outs on this section for a little while when I broke up a "M&M picnic" between Chris and Kevin and also when I insisted we crawl straight up a hillside to avoid going around the long way. Sometimes tough love is necessary, and I figured a win would void those memories from their minds. After we hit our 6th O-point, daybreak hit and we started to move a little faster, picking up the two points south of Hwy 52 pretty easily, and then making the final climb to the radio towers to nab the last point. Wouldn't ya know, we had issues with this one, in the form of we walked right by the point...twice! We saw a small hole on the ridge, stopped there and hmmmed and hawwed, not noticing the huge gaping hole over to our left where the CP was hanging. We ran around in circles for about 15 minutes doing our WTFs until another team was kind enough to give out a yell when they spotted the point. Yup, sure enough it was about 20 feet from where we had walked by...twice..but we didn't notice it since it was kind of off to the side of the ridge. With that final punch we were outta there and just had a 1.5 mile jog back to the finish on the paved road. We arrived at the finish around 10:45 am and didn't see any other teams hanging around. When we heard the cheering as we ran into the cabin, it was confirmed that we had held onto our lead and won the 2010 edition of the North Georgia Adventure Race.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Preparing for the Deep Freeze..
Whoo hooo...high of 31 degrees/low of 16 degrees for Dahlonega, GA on Saturday. Tell me again WHY I sign up for races in January?? Isn't there some saying..."Fool me once, shame on you....fool me twice, shame on me"?
By the time the race starts it should be up to about 19 degrees at the low elevations and probably single digits up on the ridge. To make matters worse, the only sag is up at Winding Stair Gap, where it will be wretchedly cold, windy and anything left there in liquid form that isn't hard liquor is gonna be solid as a brick. Perhaps I shall test out my new thermos and leave some hot chocolate..not that I will want to stop to drink it.
I have my clothing choice dialed in, as I've done enough cold Adventure Races to know what works best, including a shower cap over my helmet. Not stylish, but keeps the wind off the head on the descents and being windproof is going to be essential.
The following weekend is NGAR, where we will all undoubtedly freeze. Buy up some stock in whatever company makes those chemical handwarmers, as I foresee a whole bunch of racers flocking to REI in the next week to buy boxes of them.
In other exciting news, Jayden is now tall enough to fit in the jogger/bike tow-behind. Lucky for her, her chariot is completely enclosed, waterproof and windproof, so she can stay toasty warm while mom and dad turn into icicles. We put her in it the other day and her eyes got all big and she looked a little worried...but that may have been because daddy was running it around the house doing wheelies with her in it. I'm hoping to get her out for a short run on Sunday if I still have feeling in my toes after Saturday's ride.
By the time the race starts it should be up to about 19 degrees at the low elevations and probably single digits up on the ridge. To make matters worse, the only sag is up at Winding Stair Gap, where it will be wretchedly cold, windy and anything left there in liquid form that isn't hard liquor is gonna be solid as a brick. Perhaps I shall test out my new thermos and leave some hot chocolate..not that I will want to stop to drink it.
I have my clothing choice dialed in, as I've done enough cold Adventure Races to know what works best, including a shower cap over my helmet. Not stylish, but keeps the wind off the head on the descents and being windproof is going to be essential.
The following weekend is NGAR, where we will all undoubtedly freeze. Buy up some stock in whatever company makes those chemical handwarmers, as I foresee a whole bunch of racers flocking to REI in the next week to buy boxes of them.
In other exciting news, Jayden is now tall enough to fit in the jogger/bike tow-behind. Lucky for her, her chariot is completely enclosed, waterproof and windproof, so she can stay toasty warm while mom and dad turn into icicles. We put her in it the other day and her eyes got all big and she looked a little worried...but that may have been because daddy was running it around the house doing wheelies with her in it. I'm hoping to get her out for a short run on Sunday if I still have feeling in my toes after Saturday's ride.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Falling down on the Blog...
Sorry for my lack of updates lately. I've been at home for the holidays but Jayden has also been out of "school" for the past week and a half, so even when we were home, we were busy. I've also been training with my new coach for two weeks now and so far so good. The best thing for me is that I have to upload my workout files nightly, which makes me far more likely to get out on my bike when it is wretched cold outside.
He advised that I skip the first Snake Creek Gap, and that I get some good riding in this weekend in its place. Despite the cold temps, it wasn't THAT bad and I had a couple of good rides. This coming week is a recovery week before Southern Cross. I still haven't decided which bike to ride...I can ride my cross bike and have the shit beat out of me and ride slow on the downhills or I can ride a tank of a hardtail 29er that I borrowed from the shop. Hmm....decisions decisions..
He advised that I skip the first Snake Creek Gap, and that I get some good riding in this weekend in its place. Despite the cold temps, it wasn't THAT bad and I had a couple of good rides. This coming week is a recovery week before Southern Cross. I still haven't decided which bike to ride...I can ride my cross bike and have the shit beat out of me and ride slow on the downhills or I can ride a tank of a hardtail 29er that I borrowed from the shop. Hmm....decisions decisions..
Monday, December 21, 2009
First Snow Ride of the Year
I wish I could suck at my job as much as the weather man sucks at his and still collect a paycheck...so where exactly was it supposed to be 45 and partly cloudy yesterday?
Our plan was to ride the Pinhoti's up to Highway 52 then head over to Tatum Lead Road/and the adjacent ORV area. After climbing up to Hwy 52 and nearly wiping out on the pavement (black ice), we crunched through some fresh snow on Pinhoti 4 that really made for a lot of work on the climbs. We popped out on Tatum Lead Road, which was covered in a sheet of ice. Not so much fun when you need to go downhill. At that point, we decided we didn't want any broken bones for Christmas and we headed back down the mountain and just rode the Pinhoti Trails in reverse. At this point, my lack of cold weather gear (sleep depravation made me forget my jacket) came back to bite me in the arse and I was starting to get chilled. Considering it was 38 degrees at our car when we finished the ride, I'm assuming it was easily in the 20's up at the higher elevations.
Today I started training with my new coach, Mike Schultz. Today was a strength day, tomorrow is an intensity day to gain some data about how my HR responds to stress and how quickly it recovers. Thankfully (or not), Miss Jayden woke up at 5 am this morning, so I was able to get my strength workout in before work. Its nice to know that I can just relax (is that possible with a 4 month old??) when I get home tonight.
Family members will start arriving at our house tomorrow so we should have quite the crowd for Christmas...7 adults, 2 babies, and 4 cats. It should make for a nice chaotic holiday!
Our plan was to ride the Pinhoti's up to Highway 52 then head over to Tatum Lead Road/and the adjacent ORV area. After climbing up to Hwy 52 and nearly wiping out on the pavement (black ice), we crunched through some fresh snow on Pinhoti 4 that really made for a lot of work on the climbs. We popped out on Tatum Lead Road, which was covered in a sheet of ice. Not so much fun when you need to go downhill. At that point, we decided we didn't want any broken bones for Christmas and we headed back down the mountain and just rode the Pinhoti Trails in reverse. At this point, my lack of cold weather gear (sleep depravation made me forget my jacket) came back to bite me in the arse and I was starting to get chilled. Considering it was 38 degrees at our car when we finished the ride, I'm assuming it was easily in the 20's up at the higher elevations.
Today I started training with my new coach, Mike Schultz. Today was a strength day, tomorrow is an intensity day to gain some data about how my HR responds to stress and how quickly it recovers. Thankfully (or not), Miss Jayden woke up at 5 am this morning, so I was able to get my strength workout in before work. Its nice to know that I can just relax (is that possible with a 4 month old??) when I get home tonight.
Family members will start arriving at our house tomorrow so we should have quite the crowd for Christmas...7 adults, 2 babies, and 4 cats. It should make for a nice chaotic holiday!
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Specialized Gear Reviews
I had a chance to try out some new Specialized cycling gear that I wanted to comment on (since nothing else exciting is going on).
The first is the Women's Deflect Hybrid Jacket. I won this jacket as a door prize at OutSpokin's Customer Appreciation Night. I was pretty stoked...not that I really NEEDED another jacket, but I liked the cut and styling as well as the fact that the sleeves zip off and the jacket becomes a vest. I am sorry to say that after wearing this jacket 3 times in different conditions, I am quite disappointed. The biggest problem with it is it's lack of breathability. Even with the sleeves zipped open (similar to pit zips) and the front halfway unzipped, I still got a ton of condensation on the inside of the jacket. While the jacket is indeed windproof and hence, quite warm, once you start doing any aerobic activity you end up soaked from the inside. I found this even happened when I did a base level road ride where my heart rate was generally in the 140s. When I wore it on a misty road ride, it stopped raining for the last half hour of our ride, and when we finished, the jacket was dry on the outside and soaked on the inside. Something is wrong with that picture. Bottom line..looks better on the hanger than it performed out in the field. Some smarter fabric would do much to improve this product.
Next I tried the Women's BG Motodiva MTB Shoe. The sole was good and stiff although the tongue was also very stiff and was digging into my ankle. I'm hoping this issue will go away as the shoes break in..if not I will have to do some trimming. The toebox was nice and roomy, with plenty of room for my Merino Swiftwicks. I noticed the ratcheting mechanism did not seem to work as smoothly as on my Sidi's, so I'm anxious to see if I can actually get the shoes off after a bunch of mud buildup. I haven't spent a lot of time in these shoes, so will report back after they have been thoroughly abused. So far, they seem pretty decent, assuming the tongue softens up a bit.
The first is the Women's Deflect Hybrid Jacket. I won this jacket as a door prize at OutSpokin's Customer Appreciation Night. I was pretty stoked...not that I really NEEDED another jacket, but I liked the cut and styling as well as the fact that the sleeves zip off and the jacket becomes a vest. I am sorry to say that after wearing this jacket 3 times in different conditions, I am quite disappointed. The biggest problem with it is it's lack of breathability. Even with the sleeves zipped open (similar to pit zips) and the front halfway unzipped, I still got a ton of condensation on the inside of the jacket. While the jacket is indeed windproof and hence, quite warm, once you start doing any aerobic activity you end up soaked from the inside. I found this even happened when I did a base level road ride where my heart rate was generally in the 140s. When I wore it on a misty road ride, it stopped raining for the last half hour of our ride, and when we finished, the jacket was dry on the outside and soaked on the inside. Something is wrong with that picture. Bottom line..looks better on the hanger than it performed out in the field. Some smarter fabric would do much to improve this product.
Next I tried the Women's BG Motodiva MTB Shoe. The sole was good and stiff although the tongue was also very stiff and was digging into my ankle. I'm hoping this issue will go away as the shoes break in..if not I will have to do some trimming. The toebox was nice and roomy, with plenty of room for my Merino Swiftwicks. I noticed the ratcheting mechanism did not seem to work as smoothly as on my Sidi's, so I'm anxious to see if I can actually get the shoes off after a bunch of mud buildup. I haven't spent a lot of time in these shoes, so will report back after they have been thoroughly abused. So far, they seem pretty decent, assuming the tongue softens up a bit.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Cross Season Finale
Yesterday was the final race of the 2009 Georgia Cross Series. I have to say I'm sad that it is all over as I truly had fun racing this season. Perhaps it was that there were some stong ladies out there that never let me win easy, or perhaps I was motivated and well rested after a 9 month hiatus from interval training. And to think it all started with a "what the hell-lets give it a try" decision to go out and race a month after giving birth. Attending all the races was a constant struggle, as my entire family was sick with cold after cold during the entire month of November. I did quite a few races feeling like crap (of course against my better judgement) but it all worked out (and was somehow worth it) in the end, and I got to stand on the top block of the series podium.
I wasn't where I wanted to be fitness-wise, and the constant illness kept traning to a minimum. Any fitness gains were to be made through racing each weekend, which did not amount to much considering my body was already fighting off various germs and infection. So while I didn't pick up much speed over the course of the season, I did become more comfortable with the high intensity riding, so that the last races of the season seemed much easier physically than the first race, where I was gasping for air and running scared. While I didn't have the speed to match the top girls, I did enjoy playing cat and mouse with some others who were closer to me in terms of speed and that made the racing very enjoyable. There is nothing more satisfying than launching a successful attack.
I am looking forward to next year and hope that some smart training will help me get back the speed I once had, as it seems the Georgia Cross series gets tougher each year.
I wasn't where I wanted to be fitness-wise, and the constant illness kept traning to a minimum. Any fitness gains were to be made through racing each weekend, which did not amount to much considering my body was already fighting off various germs and infection. So while I didn't pick up much speed over the course of the season, I did become more comfortable with the high intensity riding, so that the last races of the season seemed much easier physically than the first race, where I was gasping for air and running scared. While I didn't have the speed to match the top girls, I did enjoy playing cat and mouse with some others who were closer to me in terms of speed and that made the racing very enjoyable. There is nothing more satisfying than launching a successful attack.
I am looking forward to next year and hope that some smart training will help me get back the speed I once had, as it seems the Georgia Cross series gets tougher each year.
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