Camille Culbertson:
This season my best race was at Go cross. It was the first race of my season and so I
was super hyped for it, I waited all summer for this. I had practiced race starts with one
of my Miller School coaches just before the race weekend and I learned how to get out of
the red zone. During the race I got to a point where I was really hot, my legs were
burning, and I was breathing too quick, so I used the new skill I had learned earlier. I
relaxed my hands, arms, and face and slowed my breathing and focused on still keeping
up the watts on my bike. Eventually, I couldn’t feel the burn and I was flying. I felt so
amazing at GoCross, like I could have kept doing laps for ages.
What I learned from this race is that you can always push harder, and go faster, you just
have to want it, and you have to have the mental strength to do it.
