KK Santos – CX Nationals
Nationals was one for the books this year. The mud was unlike anything I had ever seen before. Since I am a Louisville native I figured there would be plenty of rain, but nothing like what occurred over the course of 3 days. I had been planning and preparing for this race for more than a year. Once the nationals venue was selected I couldn’t wait to compete in my hometown. I had very high hopes for the week of racing. I raced my collegiate race earlier in the week and ended up with a solid 7th place out of 44. The course was a tiny bit slick for the Collegiate Varsity women. I was excited that I had the opportunity to take the course at speed and practice the technical bits. Come Sunday I thought for sure I was ready to tackle what the day had to offer. I took a pre-ride lap early Sunday morning. At speed the...