River Gorge Omnium Road Race

Race #1 is in the history books. I placed 6th out of 15. Not awesome, but there were some strong climbers in the group (and the race ends on a 3.5 mile jaunt up Raccoon Mountain). The Vantaggio gals- fresh off the singletrack of the Leadville 100 mile MTB race (where Paula landed a top 10 spot), rode with me for about half the climb before they decided that I was taking it too easy & left me in their proverbial dust (along with Kirsten Davis of Sorella). Flavia Lepine from Trek 19 won by a good margin- she’s about a buck 0-5 soaking wet with an anchor in her back pocket, so she flew up the hill and made us all hate life. I could not have climbed any harder. I literally almost fell off my bike at the top when my legs gave out (I managed to get off the road and sit under a tree for a few minutes while they quit hurting). Next stop- time trial! It’s short, so I’m looking to power through it as if I’m Kirsten Sass’s 30 second (wo)man.