Last weekend I traveld to Greenville, SC to race with
Team DeFeet at the infamous Greenville Training Series. I made the trip with Deb and her husband Bryan, the whole way chitter chattering about what we might expect at the race.
What a weekend it was! The first day we had over 50 women show up.
Team Diet Cheerwine had a large presence, along with
DeFeet and Forum Cycling. It ended up being a fairly aggressive race, with
Cheerwine sending attacks left and right, and the field chasing and sometimes countering. In all the craziness, none other than our own
Gabi Hauck attacked and was able to solo in for a fashionable victory.
On Sunday, I think we scared everyone away or something because only 25 women came up to shake and shiver on the starting line. Today's race was much more laid back. A break went from the start, which we had TWO riders in. AWESOME! So I just sat back with 4 of my teammates at the front of the field and shut everything down. The break was established quickly, so the rest of the race was very relaxed. On the last lap some attacking started again, which made it more fun. A couple miles out from the finish I took a flyer to help our team take the field sprint... and we DID!!! It was a great race... all around good teamwork and that's what I like to see. We walked away with 3rd, 4th, and 5th place.
I had a great time watching the
DeFeet riders blossom into a strong and defiant team. After the weekend,
DeFeet was the talk of the town! We're definitely the team to beat on the regional scene.
I look forward to another great race weekend with the
DeFeet Girlz. Hopefully it won't be so cold this weekend, but it looks like this
winter stuff is hanging around.
