Angel Fire, part 1

last weekend we drove down to Angel Fire for the first MSC race of the year (since Moab was axed). though I didn't bring a whole lot of fitness down to the race, we were really looking forward to the road trip down to the warmer climate. we rented a dog-friendly condo near the base, and it worked out really well. helen and alina had a short trip to the base area where everything was going on each day. saturday's jalapeno cross country race was pretty tough. we did two 9mi laps with 2,200' of climbing each lap. pretty steep stuff near the top, and very rocky, so hike-a-bike was in order. not too bad, until the 2nd lap up, when I cracked some. soft pedaling to the top of the dh was all I could muster, so a mid-pack 10th place was all I had that day. we did go out to the local pizza joint with Seth & Molly for some good food that evening, esp. the garlic rolls.