First Downhill Race

1 minute into the race my seat post bolt came loose and my seat pointed to the sky. I thought my seat was actually broken and that I was going to have to bail out. It came loose even more about 1 mile in. I rode like this all the way through end of Sunrise and caught the girl in front of me by the time I hit Butcher. I got off at the intersection and fixed it, loosing at least a minute.

Charged down Butcher, and caught the girl in front of me about 2 miles later. She stayed close behind me until I hit the mountain on my left, taking out a huge chunk of rock and started a small avalanche. Before the rocks could stop falling, I was back on the bike, pack all twisted around and helmet crooked. I could hear her saying "wow, you do get up fast ... " as I sped away. I wiped out one more time on Butcher, but was back on the bike pretty quick.

Survived the rest of the ride without incident other than the standard suffer-fest on the climb and the semi-out-of-body-experience on first.

After finishing, I didn't feel so great. I started seeing spots and felt faint. I ended up chucking next to the stage and got hauled 2 blocks away in an ambulance, which was a bit overkill since I was only dehydrated. My friends were kind enough to snap tons of photos of the whole spectacle. Good times. Still got 2nd.

Thanks to Capm and Tod for keeping my spirits high in the infirmary. You guys rock.