Ponytails and Racing Trails

Last week I headed out to London to race the mountain bike portion of the Ontario Summer Games. This included 4 races: On Thursday: The Eliminator- For this event there is a 1.17 km course that 4-5 riders are sent out on at the same time. The top 2 (if 4 riders are sent out) or the top 3 (if 5 riders are sent out) move on to the next round. This continues until there are only 4-6 riders left for the finals which determines the overall positioning. I came first in my first heat and then third in the finals which I was super happy about! This was an intense race where you just go as fast as you can. It's a very different style of racing than I'm used to - I had a lot of fun. The Short track- The idea of a short track is that you do as many laps of a 1.87 km lap as you can in 20 minutes. On our first lap Sierra McDonald went out hard and I chased. We both wanted to make the girls do as many laps as possible. On the second lap Ava Holmgren passed us and started to open