This weekend was packed filled with action down in Ladera at the Ladera Grand Prix

It was a good race with a lot of face girls. The pack mainly stayed together and came down to a pack sprint. There was a crash with 2 girls at the last turn on the last lap. I was right next to it so I had to feather my breaks a bit while the lead out train that I was on headed up the long uphill, windy finish straight away. I was able to hold of 4th but had to chase a few girls back before the line. 

Kendall Ryan and I in the pack

So, Nationals is in roughly a month and a half away and I have been doing a bunch of training on the track with the Momentum Coaching group that has been going really well. My dad is not going to be able to make it to nationals this  year because he is already committed to two other weekends in October to be gone and to take another weekend off would be pushing it at work. This weekend is an omnium style race at the LA Velodrome. I got to thinking why couldn't my dad come out this weekend? So... I asked him! He actually said yes and is coming to watch me!! :] 

Oh and when he comes he is brining one of our old coffee makers from the house for me!! YAY!!! 

This weekend should be a fun weekend. 

Marymoor- FSA

The races started on Friday July 23 and ended Saturday. 

500m- 41.26 (7th place)

Keirin- didn't go to well. In the heat I was one place out of qualifying for the semi-finals, I was able to get in through the reps. In the semi-finals both heats were super stacked and 4 girls from each went through. Again, I was one place out of qualifying. Jen Featheringill beat me for the 4th qualifying spot by .004 seconds. 
Scratch: 6th place. Sat in majority of the time and sprinted at the end.

the 3rd sprint out of  turn 2 came over the top of everyone almost won but I got nipped at the line by Jennie Reed. Then I can of blew up because there was a counter attack was off the back a bit but suffered so much to catch back on and went straight to the front sat in for a sprint or two and then through   out the race collected a few more points. I was tied going into the last sprint with Reed and Newell for 3rd place. Reed led out the sprint, I got 2nd and I was on Newell's wheel but couldn't come around. So, Reed-3rd Newell-4th Me-5th
Miss N' Out: 6th- tried to sit at the front but it was really aggressive
Points: probably my best race of the weekend! Sat in and made my move on
  to stay up there.. had to keep going back up there. At the end I got pinched at the bottom and had no where to go.

figured out that she was coming into early. We were in the main field the whole time. Both of us were able to grab a point each.Madison with Kendi Thomas: 5th- pretty good my partner and I missed a few exchanges but got in a good rhythm after we
 

500 meter time trial

Kerin Semi-Finals

Jennie, Jen and I fighting it out in the points race.

Women's Madison podium! (11 teams!!)

Haute Links by Hanan Alves-Hyde 

Heather, Me, Travis, and Cari!

Alpenrose Velodrome Challenge

I arrived in Portland on Wednesday after an adventurous day of standby traveling, but I eventually made it there and my luggage soon after. The "that's what she said"s got kicked off pretty early in the game and continued through out the weekend. I have learned, by hanging out with my "older and wiser friends", that I am just an amateur in the game, but I am coming along quickly!
Now racing, the first day (Friday) I did a 3k pursuit and a 500. Second day was the scratch race and madison which I did with Amara Boursaw and we got 3rd! The third and final day started with keirin heats

with only one person advancing, I did not advance. The reps were after the miss & out which I got 5th in.. rookie mistake: never think you are safe. In the keirin rep I was in a super stacked heat with all super fast chicks, I played it smart and conservative and was able to win the rep to advance to the final. I was overly excited. The finish was followed by a fist pump and a squeal.

The final was fast, with fast and smart ladies. I ended up taking 7th. The final race was the points (10 mins after the final). I was pretty tired, but I went in to the race with a positive attitude. I was able to get a few points before 5 women went off the front. I sprinted out of the pack on the final sprint to win the field sprint, knowing other women and I had equal points. I ended 7th in that race as well.

It was a great weekend of racing and great friends.

Next week is FSA/NUUN Grand Prix!

A group of HOT cycling girls at the end of all the racing!!

Santa Cruz, San Fransisco and Hellyer Velodrome

Alex, Carmi, and I in Santa Cruz for a Pizza dinner. We are all friends from Houston and really haven't been together since we have all lived there.


HELLYER VELODROME: Testarosa Velodrome Challenge
Keirin- 4th
Points- 7th
Miss & Out- 6th
Sprints- 7th
Scratch- 10th

Keirin Podium: (L-R) Shelby, Laura, Dana, Jen, and Jen

Points race pack

San Fransisco Day Trip:

Ian and I headed to San Fran for a day. Neither one of us had been since we were really young and we didn't remember anything from it. Our day consisted of going to the Golden Gate bridge, Fisherman's Wharf, and Haight and Ashbury where we went to Amoeba Records. 

No title.

I had a pretty successful weekend of racing this weekend. I did the LAVRA cup at the ADT Home Depot Center on Saturday night, where I won the women's category and raced with the masters 45+, which is always fun! I had an awesome cheering squad, my mom came into town to watch, Cristin and Daniel Walker and Ian came as well.

The next day I did "Signal Hill Crit" even though it was NO where near Signal Hill, lol! I raced hard, I finished 3rd. I was in a break for a little bit but could never recover so I fell back to the pack when the break was only 6 seconds up the road, I tried to get the other girls motivated to go catch the 2 girls up the road, but no one really wanted to work. I failed to bridge back up and with 4 laps to go I gave up the attempt to catch them and won the field sprint!!

All in all it was a great weekend! I'm glad my mom was able to make it out and see me race! :]

a little recap of my races

 

LA Circuit Race. 

Either I was nervous or bored before the race. The course was about 5 miles long with two 180 turns and the finish was slightly up hill. There was a good group of girls, 3 got off the front about 1/2 way through the race. a group of 4 went with 1/2 a lap to go, including myself. We were holding the break till the last 100 meters or so and then we were swallowed by the pack. I got 19th so not the best result but I did a lot of working during the race to chase down the break, seeing that I was the only person with out at least 3 team mates and everyone else was working for someone in the break. I was happy with the amount of work put into the race. It was a good way to start my 2010 season!

 4/27/2010 El Dorado 6th place in the Masters/Women. Won the field sprint! :]

Palm Springs

I went on a weekend training trip with a few friends: Coryn, Christine, and Jesse. We stayed at Christine's house in Palm Springs and rode Saturday and Sunday. It was a great weekend!

We went shopping at the grocery store to get PLENTY of food to last us!

On Saturday we rode through the desert.

[Christine, Coryn, Shelby, and Jesse]

We stopped to take a group a shot half way through our ride.

We also rode through a shooting range! YIKES!

We also encountered a few dirt devils on the ride.

But, it was gorgeous the whole time!

The trip was so much fun, great riding, great friends, and great memories made!!