Richmond Xterra

It was a crazy week leading into Richmond Xterra. Richmond had a tone of rain dropped the days leading into the race. The river overflowed and the trials turned very wet! Was not able to pre ride the first half of the course and only got to ride the last half once. Day before the race i had a crash and ended up hyper-extending my elbow. I was 95% sure I would not be racing but got ice on it as soon as i could and put some KT tape to help keep it together. On race day it still hurt alot and was still sure I could not finish the race. At this point the race turned into a duathlon. On the first run I kept things tempo didnt want to go into the red so i sat just in behind the lead group. On the bike the elbow hurt but I felt safe and in control on the bike so I kept pushing the bike Near the end of the bike a bunch of us got together. I came off the bike in 8th or 7th. During the run I made sure I ran my own race and started to feel good. I now feel like my run is coming back together. I am very happy with my 8th place finish it is my highest placing at a Major US Xterra race. Next will be Mine Over Matter in Milton july 7th I plan to use this race to build into some other races.