Thanks Dan!
I am not at all interested in any "negative" rivalry between myself and Trillium or any of the other women in this sport. In my opinion there is not enough of us! I don't care if each and every one of them is faster then me. My goal is to promote us all in a positive light. That's not to say there won't be a little smack talk from time to time
but from my vantage point, if you're faster then me put it down and raise the bar. It's up to me to run faster and maybe some day I'll get the chance to raise the bar myself. If and when that happens I'll be cheering on the next gal and telling her if I can do it so can you! I mean heck, there's an awful lot of records set by men. If us gals are going to conquer them all we're going to have to work together!
Believe me I've suffered a lifetime of "girls shouldn't drive hot rods", "girls shouldn't work on cars", blah blah blah. Heck, my 8th grade guidance counselor, when I told him I wanted to be an auto mechanic, told me you don't want to do that, that's not a job for a girl.
So here I am 26 or so years later and I still have a wrench in my hand. I would like nothing more then to live to see the day that the "for a girl" part was dropped from every conversation!
In all honesty one of the things I like the most about LSR is the fact that being a woman in this sport is for the most part celebrated and a positive thing. The guys are supportive and encouraging and mostly not condescending. There's still a few of the good ole boys out there
but it's getting fewer & farther in between. Not that I looking for accolades because I'm a woman. I'm just looking to be another racer making accomplishments amongst the other racers!
I'm on board with you hoping that the future generation of female racers are merely considered racers. If I can be a positive part of that then that would just be really cool!
Deb (happily referred to for years by my mentor as "the girl")