Ah, Whistler, the best bike park in the world. You’d think that there would be a pretty good race, especially if it was also a BC Championships race. I was surprised when I heard that there were only about 180 riders racing last weekend.

The course was awesome, and pretty much everything I would want to ride on a Whistler lap anyways. Unfortunately, it was burning hot all weekend and that made the course super slippery with dust and blown out corners. What made things harder still, is that all non-expert/Elite categories only had two hours of practice on Saturday. This was also a little bit of a good thing because I didn’t feel guilty that I went to the lake on Saturday afternoon to cool off because I couldn’t practice!

My race run didn’t go so well, I entered some sections too fast and ended up sliding around a lot. I ended up getting 4th, just 6 seconds off the win. I knew exactly where I lost that time, so I felt better about it. I also noticed I was only 1 or 2 seconds behind a few really quick guys who I was miles behind last year. My confidence is gaining!