First Kettle Ride of the year

I missed a whole year of race reports, it seems. Uploading photos into the wee hours on Sunday nights after races had me too tired to write posts, and the week always got too busy to get around to it. It's really a shame, because I raced pretty much every weekend last year from April up to around November, between WORS, WEMS , Chequamegon, Iceman, and everything else. I had so much to say, but not the energy to hone and polish a perfect blog post after every race! I'm going to try to post a little more often this year.

I went on a fun group ride at Kettle Saturday before heading up to the Rhinelander WORS. It was my first ride there of the year! Kudos to all the hard-working trail builders who have been working on new features such as the berms. We had some people that had never been there before - it was fun seeing it through a newcomer's eyes and hearing what they had to say about it! The guys went at warp speed for the whole thing including Emma, and five of us opted for a shorter, more leisurely ride, keeping in mind we had a pregnant rider, some that were racing WORS the next day (including me), and two boys! It still wasn't easy for me though, showing me how out of shape I am this year.

It was really nice to chill out around the picnic table before everyone headed off either north to the race or back home to evening plans. It feels great to get some "green therapy" after a long, gray winter!
Rhinelander WORS race report this week, I hope.