Tri-State Velo

Rain, rain, go away
Saturday was wet, and then wet and cold. Not what you want for your first race of the season! Inspite of the nasty conditions, we had a great field. I think 28 women were pre-registered. Things got fast from the start -- probably just to get some warmth back into the limbs. Verducci launched some attacks and finally got 2 girls away with another girl after a crash involving our teammate Michelle Suplick. Fortunately Michelle was OK but some of us got behind the crash. I was in front of the crash but missed the break. I tried to chase but no one was willing to get organized, so it came down to a field sprint for 4th. Sprinting isn't really my thing and I ended up 9th. As soon as the race ended I realized how cold I was and couldn't stop shaking for atleast 30 minutes. I sat in my car with the heat blasting wondering how I was gonna drive home. Finally it subsided, but the damage was done. I started feeling ill that afternoon. I forced myself to eat and went to bed early hoping I'd feel better in the morning.

Tryin to hold it down - literally
Sunday was a beautiful day but I wasn't feeling any better. After numerous trips to the bathroom and forcing myself to eat again, I lined up hoping just to keep down what I'd managed to eat. Lemon Hill is a tough .8 mile course with little recovery. Verducci got a girl in the break with 2 others. I bridged up to them and was about to latch on as they approached the hill to the start/finish. There was a pretty good headwind on the hill and I couldn't hang on. I spent a couple laps in no man's land and was reabsorbed by the field. Again it came down to a sprint for 4th. This time I did one place better and came out 8th, which put me 7th overall in the omnium. And no, I didn't puke :-)

Lynda

BTW -- Congratulations to Annie Malouin who took 1st overall in the cat 4 competition!