So, barely over a year ago, I competed in my first criterium race (and that’s only if you consider the last stage of the MS Gran Prix to be a crit and not a circuit). Otherwise, the Joe Martin 3/4 crit of 2007 was my first. However you slice it, though, I’m one week and a day away from my first NRC crit. I’ll be racing against some of the women I’ve looked up to and followed since I started racing. I’m both excited and a little nervous at the same time.

I’ve said in the past that I’m just hoping to go and hang on and whatnot, but, honestly, I was lying. I am going to compete. I want to be in the mix. I want to attack off the front & have Tina Pic wondering who the heck I am :) Even if I end up out of the money, I want the other racers to remember me (in a good way). Wish me luck!