Friday, Ryan and I rode around the top of Mt. Magazine. He took my photo at an overlook, then I knocked some bikes over…

Saturday, the road race was tough. We got lumped in with the masters men’s race, which sucked for everyone- I was policing the front while we had a rider in a break when the men decided that they wanted to actually race and started chasing all of our attacks. I don’t blame them, though. Nevertheless, I raced as hard as I could to soften the climbers up for the final ascent. I still managed to pull off 3rd place because a couple of the girls ahead of me took a wrong turn (as a side note- I’ve never been to a race that provided so many course maps and diagrams).

Afterwards, my teammates came up to the lodge to relax a bit before the TT. I swear Kat was just stretching and not trying to apply chamois butter.

On a similar note- whose idea was it to have a mountaintop finish RR followed by a 20+ mile time trial?!?!

I actually felt better than expected until about mile 16, when my legs remembered that I’d raced 60 miles earlier in the day, but still finished in 3rd place with a time of 52:44.
It was enough to tie me for 1st place with my teammate, Kristen Wentworth.

I landed a 5th place finish in Sunday’s crit. For photos (including my race, cat 3 men, and a few pro 1/2 men) visit Ryan’s Blog. Both Kristen and I wanted to be in a break for a guaranteed place in the omnium. Kristen eventually got away with Shannon Koch, and they ended up lapping the field. My finish was good enough for 3rd overall in the omnium. A couple of podium shots…

Afterwards, I showed off my muffin tops. They were hanging out of my jersey & over the top of my shorts