Jay's Race from Hell (at Mt. Diablo!)

It starts out as any other long distance trip. Planning and packing, and eager anticipation were de riguer for Jay in the days leading up to the Mt. Diablo/U.S. OPEN of Mountain Biking. With all that prep work, you'd think he'd have a smooth trip and race, right? So mistaken you would be..sooooo mistaken.

His flight was delayed, which put him late by a lot! That led to a sad encounter at the rental car place. Turns out, Jay can't rent the car he thought he rented, because of an issue with his driver's license. Oh yeah, he also had NO HOTEL due to overbooking and late flights. That meant he had to rely on vouchers provided by the airline. Three times. That's right, THREE times he went from hotel, then back to airport, then back to hotel, because they would not honor the vouchers! At 2am Jay finally got to sleep, and had to be up by 5am to head to Mt Diablo Freeride Park for the race. All day Friday runs were flawless...and on saturday, the first run out was a disaster! A crash set the one for qualifying, and Jay had to spend the rest of his weekend with podium hopefull and teammate Ryan Nolan...who also had a less than forunate weekend.

Sorry Jay, better luck next time!

Chris