State Crit

The State Crit race was this weekend. It was a great weekend for Metro Volkswagon!!! We took home 4 different State Championship jerseys and other high placings! Christian won the Mens P1,2 race, off the front. Men's 4 was also a Victory for Metro Volkswagon. As for the womens' race, I ended up off the front for almost the entire race. I was only able to do that with my wonderful teammate's (Kim, Ashley, Shannon, and Rachel) help. Rachel won the sprint and the women's 3 overall victory. It was a great day to be wearing the Metro VW kit!

Sugarland Crit

Last night my sister got married. I did not get home and into bed until 2 in the morning. I had to decide if I had enough time to take the 104 bobby pins out of my up-do hair style before the race, or if my helmet would fit over it. I managed to get two hours of sleep and then was able to take my hair down in time before I had to leave for the crit. Steve had volunteered to drive me the 3 hours to Sugarland so I was able to take a little nap on the way.

Once there I started to wake up a little and was excited to see Rachel and Lee. Rachel was warming up on the trailer and I spent my pre-race time searching for a decent bathroom. No warm up for me today. So the race was 60 minutes and pretty flat. I love flat courses so I was pretty positive. One girl got off the front with a junior (women raced with juniors) and stayed off. The rest of the group stayed together but people would get tired and drop from the group. After some attacks and 55 minutes of racing there were 8 girls left in my group. Rachel and I discussed when We would make our move. She is a better sprinter so I was going to lead her out. On the back side of the course I went for it. Around a few technical corners and it was just me and Rachel for the sprint. She came around me for second and I got third. It was beautiful! I love being on METRO VW!