Leigh High Classic

Well, we are here in Kutztown, Pa, staying the week for racing the Triple Crown Races. The first one was Tuesday, June 3, in Allentown. The weather was absolutely gorgeous, however, by 11am it was already getting hot and humid for racing a criterium against the fastest women racers in the world... Ina Teutenburg and Kristen Armstrong to name a few. We have had no team manager this week, so we have had to adjust our usual "preparation for the races", which makes it a little more stressful. We brought on two guest riders for this week of the Triple Crown... Amity Elliot from Virginia, and Steph Roorer from Vancouver, Canada. Gina, our other teammate, will only be racing with us for the Liberty Classic on Sunday. Lehigh Classic was the hardest and fastest race we have done this year. It started from the gun... head down, pedals powering through...pushing, bumping the entire race. Laura took on every attack that tried to get away. She held off for a portion of the race, while Cheerwine and us tried to keep the pace slowed down to assure Laura's break would stick. Eventually, other teams, like Colavita, who had Tina Pic in my group, were consistently chasing and attacking to bring the front group back. That kept the race so FAST. I felt like I was motorpacing the entire race.Then it was two laps to go, and I forced my legs to attack to keep the pace high so Laura could stay safe in the front and not get swarmed at the last minute by other riders. Only 33 riders finished this race out of about 90 girls.. That should tell you something about how difficult the race. Laura finished 10th, Steph finished 20th, and I finished 19th. We as a team are pleased with our performance for Lehigh. We are looking forward to Reading Classic on Thursday and one of my favorite races, Liberty Classic on Sunday.

Until then....Holli