Hey y’all! I’m so excited for this year. After last year I am really looking forward to having a go at it again for World Domination…okay maybe not that…but maybe?!
I am once again excited to be partnering with Marin Bikes for another year on the best bike EVER, my Attack Trail Pro aka The Purple People Eater. I can’t stress enough how awesome this bike is. It pedals so good especially for an all-mountain bike and this year it’s equipped with the Eagle which makes it even easier to spin up some of those steep hills we have to climb to find the super sweet downhill trails!
This winter has been an interesting one with so much water! We certainly need it, but most definitely aren’t used to it! Toro Park has essentially been closed this whole winter, there were a few days we got to play before the rain, but there has been a lot of damage to the trails so they are keeping us out for now. This really stinks, because it’s my main training grounds for enduro! It has the steep climb to the top and then super fun, tight, loose single track down hills so you can get in a few loops to make a super solid ride. Since we can’t ride in there, it’s pretty much been hardtail season over in Fort Ord. I will say we are super lucky to have the ‘Ord because most people have been drowned out with their saturated trails but because Fort Ord is so sandy it handles the rain really well. I also haven’t been wanting to destroy my race bike, so I’ve been putting the miles in on the CXR aka The Little BT.
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I am once again coaching my favorite high school team for the 7th year. My Salinas High School Cowboys are so incredible, they inspire me in so many ways and most important they keep me young! We have quite a few girls this year, and let me tell you, the drama they bring is incomparable to anything I can describe. The funniest thing they tell me is, “Bri, you are the only coach that gets us!”! HAHAHA….wait, what does that say about me? They have had two races now and the team is sitting in 1st place, there are so many podiums from these awesome kiddos!
Some of the team at the top of Toro Park!
Jett and I attempting a selfie with the kiddos in the back.
After ride shenanigans with these kids!
This year I plan on racing mostly enduro and I may do a couple of warm up xc races if the calendar allows. I will be focusing on the California Enduro Series starting with the first race on May 6th at Mammoth Bar. I will also be racing the annual Downieville Classic, which is one of my favorite races of the year!
I’m finishing up my base training with some long slow rides before the season starts, I am so grateful to have the trails and roads at my fingertips like I do over here on the peninsula! I hope we get more of these sunny days for a little while so the trails can dry out and I can keep pretending it’s summer with these 75* days!!
I’m excited with what this year has to offer and can’t wait to kick off the race season! Cheers to 2017!!
