So we went to Vegas to thank profusely our sponsors for the 2007 season and to ask them to take a bigger leap with us in 2008. Wish us luck, we had some fantastic supporters this year, and more wanting to come aboard.
A lot of you have been wondering how the race went. I'll get to that in just a bit.
The Interbike show. Some cool stuff coming up in the 2008 season, but ask the local shops. I saw alot of representation from St. Louis there!
Okay, now to my favorite part, other than the other favorite part, where the beer I drank later, was really cold.
Not knowing what kind of situation the race would be, in terms of course, technical, etc., I pushed on to getting my bike. We arrived from the airport Wed around 11:30, got our car, went to the hotel and off to the strip we went (the convention center was at the Sands, on the strip). We walked around the show for just a bit, and then I called the MasiGuy, Tim Jackson
http://masiguy.blogspot.com
Wow, how he went out of his way to take care of a scrappin' girl from the Midwest, looking to mix it up in Vegas. I picked up the sweet ride and continued to the hotel
for a 7:30 1 hour spin then off to Mexican food!!
The next day, I wake for a cup of Java, and a 45 minute spin to check out the course being assembled in the parking lot of Mandalay Bay. Wow, now thats a technical course. Can you say "snake". I thought, this will be interesting.
We walked all day around the show, until 3 or so, and then we were off for pre-race food and some downtime. My hydration levels were off due to the climate change and the travel, but I dealt with the increase heartrate. 1 hour until the race, I boogie the maybe 1600 meters on the overpass from our hotel, to ready myself for game time---------------------
I line it up with the likes of Kat Carroll, Laura Van Gilder, Jen McRae,Kelly Benjamin, Shelly Olds, and Brooke Miller, just to name a few domestic riders. Nerves were good, heartrate steady but a little high, and then off we went!!
Like bats outa hell, and it didn't stop until a brief half lap 2/3rds of the way through. Prime after prime, and attacks, following by teams trying to bring the breaks back. No break stuck, but man, what a fun time, flying through that "Go-Cart" like course. At 8 to go, if you weren't hunting your gameface, it was too late. At 5 to go, Julie Bishop gave it one last galiant effort to stay away, no dice. 3 to go, mamma said...HANG ON, we're getting a good dose of Cheerwine. Giddy Up. I tried really hard to position myself so after the leadouts had peeled, I would still have good position, but I was about 3 riders off the pre-peel and lost 2 at the last turn---------------------
Man, all in all, WOW!!
I came in with a goal and a plan and I met 78% of that. So not top 5 but, with the field and speed of the race, 11th suited me fine. Look out 2008.
The full carbon MASI 3VC Volumetrica, rocked. Never ridden it before, I adjusted measurements, and bam! Thing stuck so tight to the barrier lines I was taking it took my breath. It was an awesome ride. The corrections were smooth, and believe me, with the incorrect movements from some of the girls, I needed it.
Plainly put, this bike is a sleeper; sleek, quite, yet dynamically fast when you needed to step on it and get the job done. Nice job MASI!!!
***Check out the Inferno boys bringing in a nice team second in the overall teams classification (USA Crit Series) behind AEG.
Video of the Vegas races can be found here:
http://web.wcsn.com/media/player/mp_tpl.js...34009&_mp=1
Tim Thanks for helping a girl out...
Until 2008, I bid farewell to the crit course.
2 comments:
That is a sweet looking bike.
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