Not much of a race report to give here- The race course at Barber Motorsports Park was AWESOME. I had 1 other teammate (Molly Freeman), and we lined up against 2 other 1/2/3 women from BooKoo Racing (including Elizabeth Fox- probably their strongest rider as well as one of the strongest in the area). Three of the BooKoo cat 4s also lined up with us in order to make the race a little more interesting.

The first lap was pretty uneventful. At the beginning of lap 2, Molly made a couple of attacks that the other team managed to cover. Between the warmup and first two laps of the race, I’d picked out my favorite part of the course- the first three chicanes that led to the long rise of the backstretch. So, at the bottom of the first hill of the course, I made a road-crossing attack up the first hill and around the first right hand turn. One BooKoo rider stayed on my wheel, so I made another cut/attack up the next hill, around the next turn, and through a snaking downhill left/right turn that could get a little tricky if you weren’t paying attention.

The rest was a time trial. Molly stayed back and did her best to interrupt any attempts to bridge the gap (hard to do against 5 riders from the same team). I rode into the pain cave, and came out with a win by just over 50 seconds! Molly ended up 3rd behind Elizabeth.

I’m tired and sore. That was probably my hardest race yet for the season- both mentally and physically :) Next stop, a weekend in Tuscaloosa…

Ryan came along for the men’s 1/2/3 race and took some photos. I’ll get those (as well as a podium shot) up sometime tomorrow. I’m going to bed now so I can get up & ride 70 miles in the morning.