Wow, what a weekend!! After hosting a small dance party at the house on Friday night, which went a bit late, and working all day Saturday on the computers, Ya-Chan and I were off to the Gold Cup Race later Saturday afternoon. It took us 5 hours to get there and when we did, it was dark and pouring rain. Not to mention the wind that almost blew us over, we thought, oh man, do we really have to race in this tomorrow??? We tried to sleep but couldn't. All we could hear was the wind howling all night long, 6 am came too early and Ya-Chan had to help with the registration. I was able to lounge out in the van a bit longer and actually dozed off from 7-742AM. Thank goodness I was awoken by Kouji's email, and realized I have 30 minutes to get to the start line, arrrrgggg!! I made it to the start line with pillow lines on my face and raced as best as I could. I didn't even know how many laps, and had to ask the organizer while I was racing. I was pretty out of it, still sleeping I think and I missed a good sprint off the start. As a result, I couldn't make up that lost time because the race was only two laps. I came in third, close behind Ya-Chan who was 2nd. All in all, it was a terrific effort considering all we had been through. We both gave it our best in the afternoon enduro race, as well. Got some excellent training in and had fun!!! Now, it is back to work and catching up on lost sleep!! Hope you all had a good weekend!!! ENJOY MORE PICTURES HERE!