A Brief Re-Cap

This will be short, as I'm tired and have a lot of stuff to do.

Friday: Drive to Denver at rush hour. Took me over 2 hours to do a less than hour drive to DIA. Really stressed out that I was going to miss my flight. Made it through security and to boarding on time, to find out the flight was delayed 40 minutes. Arrived in St. Louis around 1:00am.

Saturday: Raced the Washington Avenue Criterium. It was hot, and hard. Really didn't do much in the race. Liked the course because I didn't have to use the breaks very much. Miss riding my Cannondale, that thing felt awesome. Finished 13th in a field sprint.

Sunday: Giro Della Montagna Criterium. Fun course and atmosphere. Did some riding at the front and tried to cover some breaks. Finished 20th. Stupid heat and humidity...

Monday: University City Loop Criterium. Course was more technical, but fun. Long back stretch that was a false flat. Tried to bridge to a 2 person break-away in the middle of the race. No success, but the field caught the 2. Dangerous break of 4 snuck away towards the end of the race. No one wanted to work, go figure. Finished 9th and in the money, finally!

Tuesday: Decided I hadn't had my fix of racing. Headed to New Belgium Brewery for the cyclocross series. Paid $5 to race my bike for 30 minutes with around 15 other women in the Women's A's. Got an early lead and maintained it. Picked off several of the Men's B's who started 30-45 seconds ahead of us. I heard I finished 5th in the Men's B's. Course was really dusty, and I still smell and taste it. Whiped out, but nothing bad. Need to get used to dismounts/mounting. Won $20 for 1st place. Pretty sweet little race. Great practice!!

This weekend: Beaver Meadow's mountain bike race, which is CSU's home race. Camping Friday and Saturday night. Sorry I won't be able to update until Sunday evening at the earliest.

Lots of things to do this week that I just realized. Chemistry test on Thursday, need to get gear together for this weekend. No more sleeping in until 10:00. That's all for now, I'll try to post more when I get a few minutes. Good night!!
-A