I don't want complain or try to figure out what went wrong last weekend. Neither Mike nor I had a good race. I don't want to look for excuses, but we were both tired and I think one more day to recover after the travel could have helped but ...who knows?

  We both didn't like the course and we have to work on our attitude next time. We both end up in the middle of the pack which is not too bad, but it's way bellow our expectations. I learned my lesson, and I'm already thinking about my next race and I know I will be better prepared for it.

   Oh well, we had a good trip and it was great to spend some time with Ben, Alex, Tonya, Nick, Seamus, Stevo, Linnea and Colin.  I would say, it was worth just for that reason. Having fun with people who share the same passion and we mostly can see them only on those bigger races. We got back home late on Monday. Some of the lucky people like Linnea and Colin (our East coast friends) stayed longer in Santa Cruz to explore those beautiful trails which makes me super jealous and I'm waiting for some reports from those two :)

   Back at home, we had a great ride at the Stables yesterday. The trails are in great shape and I think we are very lucky to have such a place to ride and outstanding group of people who are doing magnificent work on the trail maintenance.

   I'd like to thank to every SMBA member who was working on trails maintenance two weeks ago. You guys rock! I love new extension from the Dam trail. I can't wait for that trail to be completely done. It's pretty smooth and fast which is a little bit different than rest of the trails. I'm very excited about. Thanks again and hopefully to see ya up there!
   
Happy rides, 
Aleksandra and Mike