bleeding mascara.

minneapolis this weekend. when driving up to mpls mark and i got stuck at a stand still for two hours. got interesting at the end cause we were getting antsy and hungry-ER. so a trip that takes about four hours took approx too long. when we got there all was good. the race was the next day i started at 12:00 which is later then normal, which i liked a lot. they had the MENs cat 4/5 and the juniors went a minute before us ladies, so essentially we were all riding at the same time. hopping on was good, barriers were fine, even the big hill was alright, it was the mass amount of stairs that kicked my ass. i felt like crap the entire race. i didnt get the best start because i was a little hesitant about what was going on. took off did fine killed the barriers, hill good i ran up it, because i could run faster up it then people were riding. lots of turns and dirtish/sand. bit twice in the same spot, messed up my knee a little-some blood, i liked going through the single track im better at that then grass riding. kept going some girl bit or messed up at a set of barriers and i was right behind her and nailed her bike. haha. then i was going up the slower climb near the start and some guy decided to fix his bike at a diagnol right in the middle so i started being like get the hell outta the way! rar. the last lap came i caught a girl at the very end, she decided to ride the hill and i gave it all i had left and ran up and out sprinted her to gain on more place ahead. still havent dropped outta a race yet. even though i thought this one was going to be my first. i ended up with 8th place. which isnt horrible, but i wish i did better. of course. then markos race came at a little after 2. him and jesse were pounding away, it was hard to get ahead at the start line but soon mark made his way up the line and was looking really fucking good he was cranking on that bike of his. amanda and i were being the boys water supply, which was good. jesse felt like ass and decided to stop after about 5ish laps around there. mind you that they did about 3-4 laps and heard 9 more to GO. HOLY SHIT. anyways. marko killed it. it was a really fun course to watch. and ride for that matter. we left before marks results were up to see how he did. i think he kill it.

more on this later with pictures and marks placing.