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Mt Bike Ride and Nampa Crit #1

Eagle, ID — Tonight was the first in a series of four training criteriums at the Idaho Center in Nampa. It is put on by the

Valley of the Sun Criterium and GC

Phoenix, AZ — Today starts with my race at 10:30 AM. I got much better sleep last night and my resting HR was reasonable this morning.

Idaho State Criterium Championships

It is an Idaho championship weekend and today was the criterium. Having the criterium the day after a 90-mile road race may give an advantage

Morning after Criterium

Despite my breakdown last night at the Twilight, I decided that I would try to redeem myself in today’s Morning After Criterium. It was a

Gate City Grind Criterium

The criterium was today and my goal was to just hang with the pack. I’m still not in stage race form. Heather raced first and

Tour of Eagle

Last night was the Prologue of the Tour of Eagle. The race organizer created this crazy, technical course utilizing some walking pathways by the Riverwoods

Tour of Utah 2nd Criterium

For Heather, this would be her second criterium of the Tour, but for me, it was the first. This course is a lot nicer than

Treasure Valley Omnium Criterium

Today was the final stage of the omnium. It rained for most of the other categories except for mine. If it was raining, I probably

Idaho State Criterium Championships

Sunday was the crit championship. There were only five Women 1-3: Brooke Blackwelder and Mary Hall (Goldy’s), Laura Downey (Dasani), Sonya Crumb, and I. We

The Morning After Crit

The next day was the Morning After Crit held in downtown Boise. There was a good turnout for the crit; the women 1-3 started with

Boise Twilight Criterium

Tonight I raced in the Wells Fargo Twilight Criterium (aka, Boise Twilight Crit). This was the first time I raced with the Pro/1/2’s. Since this

Heather’s Boise Twilight Crit

The Wells Fargo Twilight Criterium was held in downtown Boise, ID. The crit was part of the National Racing Calendar this year. That meant a

Night at the Track

Not too far from our house in Eagle, there’s the Chaparral Speedway. It’s a small banked oval that they use for auto races. Last year,

Heather’s Utah State Crit

On Sunday we drove to Farmington to participate in the Utah State Crit Championships at the Davis Tech Center. My parents and sister, Jen, came

Utah State Criterium

Today we did the Utah State Criterium Championships in Farmington, Utah. The course was held around the campus of the Davis Applied Technology College. The

Elkhorn Criterium Stage 3

Tonight’s criterium was fairly uneventful, with the exception of a crash in turn 1 with 2 laps to go. I thought I’d start out like

Racin’ for Jason Criterium

Today Heather and I participated in the Racin’ for Jason criterium down at Bown Crossing. They had races yesterday as well, but since we did

McLane Pacific Criterium

Team Basis had four women at the race today: Nicole Freedman, Kate Maher, Lauren Gaffney, and Heather Albert. Lauren wasn’t planning on racing today, but