Canmore

I haven't been on for awhile, but I have still been riding and racing. This past weekend I raced in Canmore in super hot weather. It was a challenge to finish it without heat stroke. Research says that in hot weather the best fluid to take in is tepid with electrolytes in it. My dad handed me my tepid sports drink at the start of each lap, and all I could think about was the cold water on offer about half way through the lap at the second feed zone. It was so refreshing to the dry mouth and cooling on the back.

The course was full of climbing... it felt like there was more climbing than downhill and the decents were fast and fun. The top decents needed to be carefully navigagated, while the bottom decents were fast dusty coal chutes.

It was great to have my parents there watching the race and the satisfaction of finishing a race in such intense heat.