Ending the Year with a Bang…or a Snap
I haven’t been blogging this year for the simple fact I haven’t had much down time. This past year I have been trying to remain focused and train towards the goal of competing at USAC Mountain Bike XC Nationals. MTB Nationals moves venues every couple years, and last year and this year it was hosted at Bear Creek Ski resort near Allentown, PA. When I first learned that nationals was going to be in PA last year I was both excited and nervous because this meant I could easily go race only 2 hours away from home. When Nationals is out west, which it tends to be, it is hard to try to commit to the time and expense of traveling out there to race….so it was game on! When I raced at Nationals last year I raced in the Men’s Cat 2 19-29 and I did not have to qualify to go race at nationals. When I made the decision to upgrade to Cat 1 this year than that meant I now had to qualify for Nationals. Qualifying wasn’t nearly as difficult as I was expecting and I actual