Round two of the Canadian Enduro Championships was held in Penticton BC up at Apex Ski Resort.  I lost the majority of my rear brakes on day one in Alberta and was waiting on a rear brake master cyclinder rebuild kit during the week between Round 1 and Round 2.  Friday I was finally able to get my hands on the kit after a Greyhound Bus incident and stayed up until just before midnight bleeding my brakes with the new kit installed.  I gave up around midnight and I still had no rear brakes!  At 5:30 A.M. the alarm sounded and I headed straight up to the race site to beg for help from Ryan Durkee's dad Wayne, and Bobby Prochnau.  After being able to draw on their expertise we were able to get the brakes going in time for riders meeting! Thank Goodness!  It was neat having brakes again, I could twist the throttle with no fear of dying in the next corner or downhill...Hurray!!!  My minute was 316, so at 16 minutes after 9:00 A.M. I hit the trails and started the day with the motocross test.  Motocross is far from my specialty, but after attending the Shane Watts riding school I felt a whole new excitement on the motocross track that I've never felt before.  Putting his tips into practice was a lot of fun and I felt more controlled than ever before!  My times turned out okay on the motocross test for all three laps, but as always, there is room for improvment!  The enduro test was the second test of the day, it made its way down narrow trails perched along steep hillsides and demanded 100% attention.  Looking over the edge of the trail into what can only be called utter disaster made me step it down a notch on the enduro test, I kept repeating to myself in an Elmer Fudd voice "Be vewy vewy careful....I'm riding enduro test!"  Funny what goes through your head during a race!  The third enduro test of the day disaster did hit though.  Good racing friend Francois Patterson who also races in the "A" class had the crash of a lifetime 30 feet from the start.  I watched as his body and bike cartwheeled approximately 40 feet down hill.  He landed at least 25 feet from the bike.  As people ran in his direction we waited at the start of the test with a wrenched gut feeling inside.  A few minutes later, with some help, Francois thankfully limped back to the start tent in obvious pain, but okay.  Next thing you know the special test clerk is telling me to start the test and away I raced over the exact spot that claimed Francois seconds earlier.  Needless to say I slowed it down quite a bit on that test; it's un-nerving watching a buddy in a horrendous crash and not knowing if they will walk away from it.  The rest of the day went well, the extreme test was a ton of fun!  My boyfriend Stephen Shannon who races in the same class as me started the first lap's extreme test 30 seconds behind me, and caught up to me when I got stuck in some boulders near the end of the test.  To prove that there is no love in endurocross, he ran over my foot to get traction on the slippery boulders and proceeded to pass me and beat me to the finish!  The last two extreme tests went much better.  A quick slip up in the tire pit on the second lap could have been bad, but my brother Malcolm Hett (who normally races in the Pro class but is currently healing from a knee injury) was in there like a dirty shirt helping to pull me out!  Thanks Hoopy Hops!!!!  As the last lap approached, course organizers found great pleasure in greasing up the tire pit tires. They filled the pit with water, adding tractor tires and drilling mud, then watched it take its toll on the exhausted riders on their last lap!  The last lap I made it through the wretched tire pit with no problems and had an excellent lap time!  A lot of people came out to buy womens' ISDE hoodies and tank tops as well, it was very heart warming to see such great support from everyone...which reminds me, I still need to mail Guy Perrett's hoodie to Kamloops!  The weekend finished off with bench racing stories being told all around and the pub up at Apex probably pulling in more money than they would on a epic powder day in the middle of winter!  It's nice to give back to Apex after they allow the CEC's to take place at their wonderful venue.  My results for the day were 19th out of 25 in the "A" class on Saturday, and 16th on Sunday.  I wouldn't complain if I could keep my lap times around Sunday's level next time around!  Another great weekend behind us, carpal tunnel surgery is the next step!  Thanks for reading!