A Great First Month With SBW!

What an exciting month! I jumped back into racing with one of the best teams in the country and with the greatest teammates in the world.

My first race with SBW was the Barrio Logan Grand Prix. Lucky for me, Barrio Logan is one of the very few races held in the San Diego area. While normally I have to drive at least two hours to get to the races up in the LA/OC area, I was able to leave my condo in downtown San Diego and drive about 3 miles on the freeway to get to the race. I met up with my new teammates at the course, donned my new team kit, got a warm-up in, and then hit the race course. It was a fast race (dominated by SBW) with Morgan off the front with Pam Schuster for several laps and Quinny right up there in the front with her. When the break was brought back, it became a field sprint with Quinny taking second behind a very strong Pam.

The next day was a road race near Fallbrook. I was able to contribute on the flats the first lap by being up in the front with Neva, taking some long pulls, and covering a few attacks, hoping to save X and Mojo's legs for the end, where they finished 5th and 6th.

The next week we were up in hot and windy Bakersfield for the State RR Championships on a course with the most exciting view of the oil fields. There was excitement early on as the peloton ran into a rattlesnake out on the course who thought he would try to take a bite out of Christen. I'm just glad I didn't see it since I have a severe phobia of snakes. Mojo was able to take 9th in the field sprint, with Christen not far behind.

Then last weekend we hit the State TT Championships in Lake Los Angeles (where there is no lake to my knowledge). Wow, it was a cold morning after the rain storm that hit the day before, leaving a lot of snow not that much higher than the elevation we were at. X had her motor going strong and flew around the course, taking 3rd, with Mojo 7th, Neva 8th, and myself 10th. I didn't do the kind of time I wanted to do, but it gave me a good measurement of where I am and the training I need to get in to peak for Nationals in August.

I can't wait to see what June holds for us!