4x at Angel Fire

Today was the first of two 4x races this weekend. It was the MSC race. I qualified 2nd and ended up third thanks to pulling out of my pedal in the third berm. Dumb. Anyway, Melissa killed it for 1st, Jessica Vogt in 2nd, me, then Steph Hatalsky. For the guys, Petr finally pulled in the "W" he's deserved for so long, behind him was some guy i have no idea who he was, then EC and House (can't remember in which order). Unfortunately, my good friend TJ had a bad mishap at the end of his run and picked a big fight with the lip of the last jump on the track, knocking himself completely unconscious, and not sure what else yet, haven't heard the verdict from the hospital. So glad his neck/back are okay, as the spectators that saw it said it was a really bad head plant into the dirt. His moto helmet that's broken into 4 pieces on the inside can probably attest to this as well. Send him lots of healing thoughts!! :(

The DH track was a mess today, completely frozen with a nice coating of ice on the extra-long -fo-this-year rock garden, that turned into mud by the afternoon. Boo, I'm not a fan of riding DH when it's like this. Bad memories of separated shoulder here in similar conditions a couple of years ago. Anyway, the weather seems to be much nice for tomorrow and Monday, so hopefully it'll dry out and be nice!

One more 4x race tomorrow, the national champs, so hopefully that one will go a little better!