This weekend marked the one year anniversary of the tragic death of Amy D. In her honor, her family and friends put together a CX race here in Golden. It was a small intimate race and it was emotional but also a happy celebration of her and the new foundation that bears her name. We wore our Amy D socks in our races and her name was on everyone's minds and hearts all weekend. She -at such a young age -left such a remarkable legacy. We should all aspire to be so loved and so well remembered and to have each person whose life we touched even in some small way, think of us so fondly after we're gone. I wish I'd known her better. We raced against each other for years but I never got to know her well... and I sincerely regret that.
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| Rocking the Amy D socks at the start of the womens A race |
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With Paul, aka Cross Propz, a huge Amy D fan and supporter- he helped make this race happen on very short notice!
Photo Credit: Terry Smith |
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| 1-2-3- "AMY D!!!" |
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| post-race Amy D sock shot from behind ;) |
Sunday's race was PRIMALPALOOZA -those folks at PrimalWear know how to put on a CX race! They hold it each year at the Jeffco fairgrounds and it's got a bit of everything -except this year, thankfully, no mud! We had 20-25mph winds during our race and fortunately for me, they were in our faces on the longer straight sections, which means my aero-position on the CX bike FINALLY paid off! I felt weak in the legs during the SS race (Saturday's race was from 515-615pm so I was still recovering!) but by the time our women's 35+ race rolled around I felt I knew the course and found my game face as I tackled the 5 laps.
And what do you know -- I got my first W of this CX Season!!
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| Photo credit: Pay Mayben, PrimalWear |
