Browsing Archive: August, 2011

Everett Endurocross Excitement!

Posted by victoria on Monday, August 15, 2011,

Last night I raced my first ever AMA Endurocross at the Comcast Stadium in Everett Washington. After a long drive after work Friday night, we found the hotel around 1:30 a.m. and hit the hay for a short sleep. At 7 a.m. we ate quickly and jumped into Bugsie to drive to the event just a few minutes down the road. One turn of the truck key revealed that the truck was dead! Thankfully a friendly fellow who oddly resembled jesus drove up in his prius with a pair of jumper cables! After hook...
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Xtiction in the Record Books!

Posted by victoria on Monday, August 15, 2011,

My journey to Xtinction included sleeping in the back of my truck on the side of the road, getting to know a large group of Chinese tourist at McDonalds very late at night, and getting lost on endless straight gravel roads trying to find the race site, but eventually I arrived and got L.R.F.C. unloaded and took in my surroundings. In the afternoon I headed out to walk the qualifier course with Stephen. This I am convinced was a mistake, because I left even more nervous and wondering what th...

X-tinction awaits!

Posted by victoria on Friday, August 5, 2011,

By 5:00 pm tomorrow, August 5th I'll be getting off work and starting my 10 hour drive to the site of the X-tinction Extreme Enduro! Bugsie (my truck) Roost (my dog) and L.R.F.C (my bike) will be hitting the road country music blaring and windows down to try and get as far as we can before I fall asleep. A quick search of where all the Tim Horton's are located along the way helps me determine where my over-night resting spot will be, it will be the second time in a week I've slept in the ba...

Rounds 3 & 4 Canadian Enduro Championships Blairmore Alberta

Posted by victoria on Friday, August 5, 2011,

I got off work at 2:00 pm Friday afternoon and was picked up by my brother Malcolm in the parking lot. A quick stop off at my house and our 10 hour road trip would begin, taking us from Vernon BC to Blairmore Alberta for the third and fourth rounds of the Canadian Enduro Championships (CEC’s). Probably one of the best parts of the road trip came while we were cruising along to Frank Sinatra, and I woke up yawing. Thinking I’d better check and see how Malcolm was fairing with the long d...