Camp Thunder GSC #1

All four of us raced the GSC race at Camp Thunder in Thomaston this past weekend. WHAT A BLAST!


First let me send out a HUGE THANKS to Sydney for feeding our whole family. We had brought a table to set our bottles on, but she was right there for each of us as we came through and that was awesome. Thanks again, chica!







That trail had EVERTHING!

The start was amazing. Dirt road to sand, long sections of large loose rocks, dips full of water, more sand, more rocks, short rocky climb, etc.

This trail was so much fun and had just a bit of everything out there. Lots of climbing, mucho off camber descents, climbing over loose rock, climbing over smooth trail, climbing on service roads, descending off camber, descending smooth pinhoti-like trail, descending twisty loose rocky trail, descending service road, and more. It really felt like mountain biking for sure and that made us all smile. There was more climbing out there than you thought was possible in middle Georgia.







Yes, it was a little wet and the mud got worse in a couple areas as the race went on, but I couldn't help but think that soon enough it was going to be uber dry/dusty and mega-hot and I would be begging for a cool rain......so I was pretty happy with the conditions.

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Everett had a great time in his race and put on his usual power machine ride. He passed me early on and was smoothly gliding down that off-camber descent. He is a very consistent rider and it is a little known fact that he will do just about anything for Burger King fries.
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This was Jansen's first race in the pro/expert 19-29 group. He rode very strong, but was quite upset that there were no cheeseburgers left when he finished. Evidentally, he had promised himself two cheeseburgers somewhere in the beginning of his third lap. (I forgot that normally there is no food left at the vendors by the time the yellow wave finishes their races...ooops) He was very pleased that Sven Dahlonegy was not there to knock him over at the start.......




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Shey was happy to be out on the trail again. He rode hard and was very pleased to be racing against these strong guys.




Yep, remind me not to wear that jacket on the podium, again. Poor Angie has a picture of my blinding white tummy in her podium shot....sorry girlie.

Anyway, had a great time. It felt good to be out riding and we were not the last ones to leave the race! Yeah!