Chinese Ticks and Singletrack

Last Saturday we gathered The Cats and headed over to China Camp in San Rafael for a day of super-cool single-track and fun. 12 Cats (the dirty dozen) clawed up the trail and collected about 23 miles throughout the park. I believe our venture uncovered every single nasty climb there was to find. The sweet singletrack wasn't enough for some of our punishment seeking riders, so we detoured a few times to test our legs and minds. My knees are still aching 4 days later.

As if the climbing didn't hurt enough, a hitchhiking tick decided to burrow into Yvette's neck, so Mojojo had to do an emergency extraction. He moved in like Steve Irwin mumbling something in an Aboriginal tone and grabbed that sucker with his teeth and pulled it out head and all. (substitute fingers for teeth for visual fancy).


All of our Cats use Frontline or Advantage (for that Raceday edge) so it came as a surprise that this little guy was successful at landing the first stage of his mission.

At any rate, a great ride, great people, great post-ride eats and THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WEATHER I have seen so far this year.

It's that time of year, so check your legs, socks, clothes and friends for ticks. They carry disease and can really be a pain in the ass (if you let them get that far). :-)

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