On a long straight road…
On a long straight road… Theres only one thing to do but go staight until it(being the road) turns right AND that is just what a lot of us did today in Fresno, Cali California. But we did this mostly in the almost laying down position with the wind blowing in our face while pedaling as fast as our little or big legs would take us. Actually it (the TT position) is more like when you fell asleep at school and layed your head down on your desk. Of course this never happened to me… And Christine in fact WON… which means she slept through a lot of her Docter classes… JUST KIDDING, totally kidding. But it kinda reminds me of that particular position. And in fact the wooden chairs where about as comfortable as my saddle…
Anyways, in the womens race down the long staight road with one right hand turn Christine won, Dotsie was second and Kathyrn was thrid… great job girls!!!
Now yesterday we road up and then down down down and down some more for a bit AND then did that all over again to the finish line. A break with Mara Abbott (webcor), Stacy Marple (Tipco) Kristin Lasasso (Lipton) Alison Powers (Colavita) Felicia Gomez (Aarons) Kim Anderson( Tmobile) and me as in Chrissy (Cheerwine) got away but with only 4 or us working (being Kim, Alison, Felicia, and myself) we didn’t gain much time and got caught with about 1km to go after we eventually started attacking each other. AND Kelly was third after almost moc speeds were exceeded in the sprint to Raymond where Tina won and Brooke was second…
Tomorrow is the crit where we will go around in circles but not any type of circle… I think a youngster designed the course because there is a 180 degree turn in it… Instead of a T-shirt designing or coloring competition they had them(being someone) draw a circle and decided which one was the coolest looking circle… the most artistic I think won!
So to train I have been riding up and down the block in San Fran. I found a super steep hill to simulate the termendous speeds we will be traveling at tomorrow afternoon. I have a pretty good skid down as I stopped at the base of the steep hill to simulate the stop before the 180…
I hope everyone else has been practicing too so they aren’t caught off guard by my extreme skidding in the 180 degree corner followed by my standing stop to moving sprint….
Alright, I am going to go do something cool because it is pretty hot outside…
See you at the circle race tomorrow if you are going…
:)Still Me as in Chrissy
ps… if you are not going that is really a bummer because on a Sunny Sunday it will be Sweet
psss….. Oh yes, it is also Daylight saving time which means we lose an hour so tomorrow at this time it won’t actually be this time…