Road Race State Championships

This year the SBW women took on the new 2008 road course with 3 riders. One of the riders is Kelli Jones, a new rider to the women's elite team. We are very happy to have her riding with us. She is a very strong rider, especially in time trials.

The women's race started last, so it was a pretty hot race. The only preview of the race couse I had was the video posted on You Tube. Check it out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxxl2CyU3yE. This really made the road conditions look a little sketchy at the least. On top of poor road conditions, everyone was warning me about flats. Needless to say the first lap was raced pretty conservative by everyone. After riding the course, the roads were not that bad and I didn't get a flat.

My climbing legs seem to be coming back since I was able to stay with the lead group as the climbers attacked over and over again. Morgan I made it up the climb together on the last lap and started setting up for the finish. Morgan made an awesome move on the right side of the peleton at the right time. I waited too long and was blocked in by the team who had sent a rider up the road for the win. Morgan finished with another top 10 finish!

I can see that our team is getting stronger and beginning to get to know each other now that we are racing together once again. I can't wait for our next race together, so we can set our team up for the win!