Back to the fall line

It's pretty easy for me to find an excuse to go back home. This time, I found a few.

I've wanted to race the Outspokin' Dirty 55 mixed terrain race for the past few years but never made it out. It's early in the year and I usually haven't gotten much riding in after a break from cyclocross season. I'm not going into this one flying but at least I've done more than look at my bike this month, so it seemed like the best time to get back up and support one of the shops that helped support the Gamecock Cycling Club all those years ago.

I needed to make the trip up to Columbia to pick some stuff up pretty soon, anyway, and when Low Country Racing offered me a guest spot, I was all in. Plus, now I get to make my return to the creek crossing on Muddy Ford Rd.

You remember that time I was a model?

In all seriousness, I'm super excited about this race. Not because I think I'm going to win. But these are the roads where I learned about cycling. We're going to be racing on the same roads where I fell in love with bikes. The dirt roads where I decided that I NEEDED to buy a cyclocross bike ten years ago. All my old training roads and the hills that I hated (the hills that I miss every day, now).

Plus, the high school where I graduated. But whatever.

It's going to be a pretty sentimental race weekend. I'm going to try to soak it all in while I can.