Hello all! Last night SKINourishment p/b Paceline Projects lined up for the start of Tour of America's Dairyland in Shorewood. Weather was perfect! So was the chocolate milk after the race. The stuff in between the pleasant staging atmosphere and the chocolate milk was a little rough. Or very rough. Literally. The racing was mellow, but the roads were horrific. There is one stretch in particular that hurts just to think about. The only smooth section is in the gutter. Literally you can catch air on parts of this course. No launching for me or Justine, but we did encounter some technical difficulties. I hit a pothole early on so hard its a wonder I didn't flat, but my position sure suffered as my bars dropped down. Made for a painful and somewhat unsettling race. We attempted to move around a bit in the race and had decent position with 3 laps to go, but couldn't make anything happen and was hurting too bad in the end. Justine and I rolled in, thankful to have stayed on our bikes and maybe a little mentally fatigued from that jarring course.
Tour of America's Dairyland continues today in East Troy. More updates coming soon!
SKINourishment p/b Paceline Projects focuses on the National Criterium Calendar and hopes to give aspiring riders the opportunity to gain experience and exposure at the professional level in the US.
Friday, June 21, 2013
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Welcome guest-rider Justine Boddy!
Hello all- excited to be heading to Tour of America's Dairyland this week and to have some great company in the races too! Please welcome SKINourishment p/b Paceline Projects' guest-rider for ToAD... Justine Boddy!
I'm looking forward to racing with this exciting new talent who hails from CO. Justine just finished up some tough racing at Nature Valley, so with a little rest and some WI chocolate milk, we'll be rocking the crits this coming week. Look out!
Please read below for a little intro from Justine:
"I am Justine Boddy from Loveland, CO and currently attend Colorado State University majoring in Marketing. I am new to cycling but moved to Category 2 within less than a year. I won CO State Championships in Road as a Cat 4, won the circuit race and road race at Sea Otter as a Cat 3, and at Collegiate Road Nationals I was 6th in the criterium, 5th in the road race, and 3rd omnium. My performance at collegiate nationals earned myself a spot on the Kowalski's Collegiate All-Star team to compete at Nature Valley. I have also spent time studying at University of Hawaii and in Paris before I transferred to CSU and I love giraffes."
Stay tuned!
I'm looking forward to racing with this exciting new talent who hails from CO. Justine just finished up some tough racing at Nature Valley, so with a little rest and some WI chocolate milk, we'll be rocking the crits this coming week. Look out!
Please read below for a little intro from Justine:
"I am Justine Boddy from Loveland, CO and currently attend Colorado State University majoring in Marketing. I am new to cycling but moved to Category 2 within less than a year. I won CO State Championships in Road as a Cat 4, won the circuit race and road race at Sea Otter as a Cat 3, and at Collegiate Road Nationals I was 6th in the criterium, 5th in the road race, and 3rd omnium. My performance at collegiate nationals earned myself a spot on the Kowalski's Collegiate All-Star team to compete at Nature Valley. I have also spent time studying at University of Hawaii and in Paris before I transferred to CSU and I love giraffes."
Stay tuned!
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