FSC #2 Fort Clinch

Practice Day:
I was super excited to be racing at Ft. Clinch. The park has cool trails and a beautiful beach... my 2 favorite things! When I got there, I quickly put on my riding gear and was ready to check out my course. Then, My Dad and I went out on a practice lap. The course was a little longer than last year, I was happy about that! A little later, my Dad and I decided to do another lap with Nicholas and his Dad. I took the lead while Nicholas followed close behind. When we got out of the woods, he passed me. It was hard for me to keep up with him on the road, his tires are much bigger than mine. I really pushed myself on that practice lap and had a hard time catching my breath. Maybe I should practice with Nicholas before each race, he definitely gave me the extra push I need to get faster.


Race Day:
I was very surprised to see so many girls lined up to race. I think there were 8 of us. Dave led us down the road until we reached the woods. I took the lead, passed a bunch of boys, crashed a couple times , and won the race. Next year, I think I might try to race on the adult course in the one-timers... just to see how I would do.

Lakeland

My ride at Lakeland didn't start off very well. I crashed going down a small cinder block hill on Sprinkler Hill. I ended up breaking the end of my brake lever off. How often does that happen? Oh yeah, does anyone know what the sprinklers are all about??

After the crash, I was so excited to finally make the climb on Snake Ridge (I think that is the name of the trail). Then, for the first time I cleared everything on Baby Beast. I felt awesome, I just had to ride it again.

We rode a couple more trails and made our way back to the 2nd Finger. The trail was way too hard for me!! But, I did go down a super big drop...I felt like I was flying!

FSC #1 Gainesville

I only had to race 2 girls this time. The whistle blew... I had an awesome lead throughout the entire race and placed 1st. I'm so happy it's race season!! It was fun to see my friends again.

Santos

I was super excited when I found out that we were camping at Santos over Labor Day weekend. We have not been camping in a very long time, so I was anxious to hit the road Saturday morning. After arriving at Santos, we had a little lunch. Then, I rode my long board around the campground while my Dad put the tent up. Finally, time for a ride!! We put our gear on and headed for the trails.

We started off on Dr. Ruth and made our way over to the Vortex. I played around on the pump track, then checked out some of the red trails with bridge drops (too hard for me). After that, we headed back to the campground.

On our second ride out, of course it rained. Not a big deal, we are getting used to riding in the rain.

We finished out the night roasting marshmallows, popping popcorn, and hanging out with some of the other campers.


We came across this weirdo bug on our Sunday ride. What is it??

Great weekend, can't wait to race next Sunday!!