The Beti Bike Bash and stop #2 on the SRAM Gold Rusch Tour was fantastic! The SRAM pro ladies did a pre-race clinic on Saturday and we had around 30 participants who stayed for 4 hours of riding the course, working on cornering, curbs, leaning on corners, etc. The pros who helped lead the clinics were: Heather Irmiger, Jenny Smith, Krista Park, myself, Lindsey Voreis, and Lynn Bush. It was so much fun for me to hear the other pros coaching and I picked up a few tips too. Race day was sunny and perfect and there were 250 female racers from juniors to super masters. It was so much fun to see so many women and girls out racing while the boyfriends and Dads cheered. The pro race was full of great riders like Georgia Gould and Katie Compton. It was so friendly and such a great vibe, even when we were out suffering and racing. The course was just under an hour and way too short for me, but a great training day mixed in with a super fun weekend of inspiration.
I had a blast. Thanks to all the coaches who helped out and to SRAM for making it happen for the Gold Rusch Tour. Next stop on the tour is Ashland, OR for a womens only media ride camp and super D racing with me, Lindsey Voreis and Katie Holden. I’m currently in Colorado Springs to visit Avid and take a tour of the offices there. I’m riding into the offices tomorrow AM to sit in on the morning meeting, take a tour of the facilities, then get a tour of the local mountain bike riding. Then I’ll explore more riding in the area and get in some good training before heading to Carmichael Training HQ. I’ll be doing a slideshow and pep talk there to the Bucket List participants who’ll be racing Trans Andes with CTS in 2012. I’ll tell them about my experience there, share some tips and secrets and hopefully get them pumped up to start training hard. I’ll also check in with Chris Carmichael and make sure he’s training because we are signed up as teammates for the Trans Andes as well.
From here, I head straight to OR. OK…gotta go to bed. These work weekends make me super tired and I have a couple of big training days tomorrow.
