It's About Time

Yes, it has been a long time since my last entry. Let me see, what has happened. I raced Mt. Hood and actually finished a stage race! OH and I finished the crit with the peloton, another accomplishment for me this year. Mt. Hood is a great race filled with all kinds of hills and mountain climbs. We had a combination of sun and rain, yes plenty of rain to go around. Hood River is a beautiful place and a super friendly cycling community. I had a chance to speak at a local Elementary School and about half of the kids actually rode their bikes to school. The kids were really excited to have the Pro racers in their town. I will look forward to racing Mt. Hood again next year.

Nature Valley is going to be a rest week for me as I just can't seem to recover as well as I had been last year at this time. I really wanted to check out those races as I know most of the big teams will be there and it should be an exciting week of racing. My goal will now have to be Cascade and BC Superweek.

Dang I am kind of uninspired right now I guess so that's all for now. I will include some Mt. Hood pics. My favorite is our good friends Rene and Gaby's dog Pappy who is currently in training for caravan support. There is also a pic during the criterium where a girl is about to lose it on the corner 2 riders in front of me. Funny, that seemed to happen about every other lap. I couldn't decide if the inside or outside line was going to be safer as ladies were sliding out all over the place, so I just gave everyone plenty of space in front of me so I could go around the mess.

Jen