My first Masters Nationals was in Louisville KY in 2003 so I was looking forward to being back there as I had good memories of the races and the town. If nothing else, I wanted to eat at Lynn’s Paradise Cafe and satisfy my espresso cravings at Days Coffee. Oh yeah, and do some racing, […]
It was great to see how our chat with Chris Mayhew changed our racing dynamic this week. The Steel City ladies this week were Stacie, Carol, Donna, Kate and Rachel. The race started off with the usual pack hanging out for a couple of laps.
Then Kate lead out an attack at the 6th lap. As […]
Finally, after training as time would allow, and lately consistently following Coach Suzanne’s training program, I decided to join a race. I was nervous about it, and Phil came to watch and be supportive. The warm-up, an exercise in turning done counterclockwise on the track and using some of the internal paved areas, was led […]
Race Report, July 8th, Tuesday Night ACA Women’s Race
Tuesday was incredibly hot and humid. Besides the 5 SCE team members, Whitney (Penn Stare Hershey Cancer Institute), Krista, Michelle, Michael (Unattached), Drew, and Grey (ProGraphics) were also in attendance as well as one new lady.
At the beginning of the race, Whitney […]
Since we didn’t know how many team members were going to show up, the original plan was to send Kate and Holly Forsyth out to attack with around five laps to go, leaving Lauren and myself to try an attack with two laps to go. But since so many SCE ladies showed up, we […]
Here is the only slightly abridged and perhaps slightly embellished story of my first attempt at competitive cycling. The date was April 12th, 2008, one day after my 45th birthday…
The town of Mount Joy in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, has a great Brew Pub called Bube’s, a very inviting though only passable coffee house called Higher […]
