Miss Reither, this is your mission if you choose to accept it. Awake at 4:00 a.m., start hot water for tea, dress, get in car and drive to Lake Los Angeles CA. While you are driving, shove 1/2 peanut butter and jelly sandwich in your mouth and wash down with hot tea. When you arrive to Lake Los Angeles you will have approximently 17 minutes to pick up your registration packet, use the faclities, pin your number on your jersey before heading out to your warm up. After your warm up you will arrive to the start line of the the State Championship Time Trail. Be warned the bike holder at the start is a double agent and may try to sabatoage your start by dropping you off the steep ramp. You have been warned! And one more thing, it is not quite 40K the distance is only 37K or 23 miles. So all you preperation you have done for the past 3 months will need to be adjusted on the spot. This message will self destruct in 5 seconds.
As challenging as the State TT is with its early morning start the cold weather and lack of expierence of the bike holder made it even tougher. The team arrive ready to ride. Neva and Kelly got off to a good start, but the bike holder dumped Morgan off the ramp. As she got herself together, putting on her chain and composing her temper, she was off. I was the last SBW rider to go for the championships and opted to take the risk of the ramp. Sure enough when I started I headed over the side instead of down the ramp. With a quick yell of PUSH, I was righted and on my way. There is not too much to tell you about a 37K time trial, other than the toughts that go through my head which are: Breathe, spin, catch the carrot, breathe, I wonder if Nordy's is having a sale?, breathe, its cold, breathe, spin, push, look at the snow on the moutains, spin, breathe, sprint. That about sums it up.
The times were a bit slower than last year and I managed a bronze for the event, results are as follows: Gold Ruth Clemence (Cycles Veloce) 54.19 Silver Lana Atchley (Team Rock) 55:23 Bronze Jennifer Reither (SBW) 55:45. Other noteable times and placings: 7th Mogan Kapp 57:55 (but we take of 30 seconds for the fall off the ramp and chain drop) 8th Neva Day 58:03 and 10th Kelly Jones 59.18. With a stong showing at the ITT, the women hope for a team win at the State Championship Team Time Trail 6/7/08
