Mike's Bike Shop Cycling Club

Gore. What a great name for not only a place but a race! Conditions were nothing short of Gore-y. The weather for the past week had been pretty much what we had in Moncton. Constant rain. Saturday evening the rain was of biblical proportions. Then Sunday we woke up to heavy fog and high humidity. The sun did come out in the afternoon but too late to dry anything up. Seriously crappy conditions. The course was slippery and muddy. Teams were Babes on Bikes and SS KK Destroyer. Otherwise known as Caroline Belliveau, myself along with Krista Koval and Sherry Mercer. We battled it out all day with Krista and Sherry...really the only other team in the running. They had about a 3 minute advantage...cause Krista is an animal on a mountain bike. Our laps times were anywhere from 42 to 45 minutes long. Caroline's were about 55 and Sherry's were a bit over an hour. So give and take...it stayed pretty close. But on the 6th lap, Caroline got a gap on Sherry because of a crash. Then once Caroline handed off to me again...I did the lap like the devil/Krista was chasing me. OMG..it HURT! I am surprised I didn't die not only because of the course conditions but that it was around hour #5 and the brain had stopped cooperating. We did really well and ended up with about a 15 minute advantage at the end. Good race and a decent turn out. Now a couple days of rest and off on a tour! On another note, Sacha did really great too! She dug deep and finished her laps without quitting. What a first race experience...8 HOURS!! Plus put up with Craig and Sean as teammates