July

It's been a hectic, but enjoyable month!  The highlights:

 

 

Guest riding with my favorite peppers! Being put to work for the Manhattan Beach Grand Prix and Boise Twilight with the Pepper Palace Pro Cycling Team was a blast.  Very thankful to have the opportunity to race for such a great program with awesome women.  Sarah Fadar 3rd in CA and Julie Kuliecza 10th in Idaho.  

 

 

 

 

After a fun post race dinner with Julie Kuliecza, Amy Phillips, Tina Pic, Laura Van Gilder, Laura Jorgensen, Kristin LaSasso and Matt Rossman, I went on an early morning adventure with Laura Jorgensen and Tina Pic.  Rapidly floating down the river in Boise thanks to Laura's super human lungs.  (She inflated all three tubes...head rests and all!)

 



 

Great Utah riding in Cedar City and Capitol Reef.  Raced the Utah State RR last weekend which started in Loa, UT and climbed up to Fish Lake.  Despite the suffering of chasing for 35-40 miles after getting popped from the break on the major climb, I enjoyed racing with Alison Frye and Laura Howat on a gorgeous course.  Or at least Carn Cat did.  According to official results.  (Who knew Kat Carr was such a tricky name?) 

 

 

 

Great folks visiting in Salt Lake!  Robbie King, Amy Caldwell, Julie Kuliecza, Ben Rossman, to name a few.  Looking forward to more visits in August with the Cedar City Grand Prix and The Tour of Utah Women's Edition races on the horizon!

 

 

 

 

 



Stage Race Training

Got some good miles in the legs at Baker City Cycling Classic last weekend- my first stage race in who knows how long.   Special thanks to amazing properties of Arnicare and Muscle Paste for getting my sore and tired legs through it.  Excellent race, very well organized, equal prize money for women and men, beautiful scenery, and a friendly good-natured atmosphere. 

The highlights:

1. Winning the crit thanks to the awesome Ski Utah|Plan 7 teamwork of Alison Frye. Inga Thompson announced the race (neat!) Thanks to Kenji, I now have a cool photo of the sprint! 

 2. Final Stage.  While 84 miles with over 6,600 ft of elevation gain (most of which occurs in the last 15-20 miles up to Anthony Lakes) isn't what this crit racer is use to, it was pretty darn awesome.  Mostly because Alison put the hammer down on the climb and destroyed everyone, including the GC leader which she made up over 2 minutes on to finish 2nd overall. 

 

 

3. Boise bacon with Matt.  Bike racing road trip with good coffee and bacon...happiness.   

 

 

 

 

The bike racing road trips continue this month with Manhattan Beach Grand Prix and a return to Boise for the Twilight Crit.  Looking forward to the crit tomorrow in CA where I'll be guest riding for Pepper Palace Pro Cycling.  Check out their products- my personal favorite is their Scorpion Cotton Candy. That's right... scorpion pepper cotton candy.  It rocks.