TurkeyTrot // High5's & Handups

12/2/2016

Turkey Trot is always one of the best races in the series and this year held up to it's reputation. Rain and all!

Photo By Jason Shanney

Photo by Ramon Cortes

LA got a bunch of rain the night before making for fun racing conditions.

Photo by Jason Shanney

Photo by Ramon Cortes

Photo by Jason Shanney

All the homies came out to heckle and handup; shout out to Heckler Hill and Party Peninsula for keeping the race fun.

Photo by Jason Shanney

"Diana got a decent lead a few minutes into the race. There were 4 of us in the chase group all fighting for 2nd. I made a bunch of mistakes but managed to get ahead on the sprint right before lap 2. By lap 3 I had a descent gap sitting safely in 2nd. A welcomed position after fighting for 7th a week ago at CXLA. I was having a ton of fun, racing relaxed, collecting high fives and handups. By the 2nd to last lap Rhea and Ashley started gaining on me. My legs felt, good so I picked up the pace anywhere I could gain time. All of the sudden I'd lost them and was starting to close the gap to 1st. I hit it as hard as I could and was able to pass on the mulch hill during the last half of the last lap. I figured I'd get caught on the downhill, but I gave it everything I had and managed to maintain the lead. My first win since moving up to the B field! A great reminder to have fun racing and occasionally you may even suprise yourself with a win. " -Susie