This weekend Cathy had the opportunity to ride and hang out with Alison Dunlap at the MadFORCS dirt retreat. She wasn't planning on going until last week Renee e-mailed and ask for help as an instructor. Cathy was a little nervous about instructing because she hasn't had much time on the bike this year...or last year for that matter!
Saturday we headed out to Black Hawk ski hill and dropped her and the bike off. It was nice but the forecast was very unstable. After some introductions everyone got on the bike and Cathy got pared up with Abby Strigel as the other instructor. As a group they would work on skills and then rotated around for time with Alison. They made it most of the day before things started to get ugly. First it started to rain and then the tornado sirens were blaring. A few of the women made a couple calls and decided they were out of harms way so continued to ride the now water soaked trails.
Sunday was scheduled to be a ride and questions day but with a driving rain the women that did show up (Cathy wasn't one of them) just stayed in doors and hung out. Later that night Michelle and Dave invited all the trail workers and instructors over to their house for a dinner with Alison. It was really fun getting catch up with everyone that we haven't seen all summer with our lack of racing and everyone had a good time talking and getting signatures from Alison.
The rain has temporally subsided for now but more in the forecast. Hopefully things will clear up soon so we can get back on the trails.
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Cathy,
I had a great time hanging out with you on Sat. Can't wait to ride with you.
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