The weekend started off at Monsters of the Midway. The "chicago" contingent of Kristen and I showed up to a small field (but I was happy to see a large women's field in the Cat 3 and Cat 4 races!). Since we were both in the mood to practice our cyclocross starts, we took off hard from the gun. I think our tactic left the others surprised and only Francine from Alberto's hung on to our wheels. We worked hard for several laps to try to get away on our own and eventually we both escaped and entered time trial mode for the rest of the race. It was fun crossing the line 1-2 in our first race back together and in front of the great UofC crowd :)
Sunday we would have the whole BH squad out for Wheels on Willy up in Madison, WI which was good because we were up against a big and strong field. Madeline started the race hard with another "cyclocross start" (she was sad that she missed out on the fun start at Monsters). She immediately got a gap and set a high tempo that would start off a fun and fast paced race. (check out this sweet picture!) With team Kenda in the field and several other strong women, Madeline wasn't going to get away easy. Once the pack reeled her in, the race continued with attack after attack. Our team worked well at either sending attacks off or reeling other's attacks in. Madeline and Kristen also snagged some primes in the process. Late in the race our teamwork came together beautifully. Anne reeled in a strong Kenda attack and then I launched a late attack of our own. I was away with a gap and 4 to go, but would soon get caught and "plan B" was put into action... Kristen was on my wheel yelling "allez allez" with one lap left... I tried to keep the pace high and pulled hard to the final straight where Kristen called on her "go-go gadget sprinter legs" and secured another "V" for Team BH USA! A good all around team effort!
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