I had such a great time even though I sucked!!! haha I couldn't get clipped in at the start. It's always a comedy of errors for me at the beginning. I'm still just so new to the racing and then I get super nervous at the start and stupid stuff happens that never happens at any other time. So I was immediately off the back and chasing to catch on with someone. After a couple of laps a couple of other groups were off the back and I got in with them so it wasn't so bad.

All that aside, I LOVED RIDING AT ROAD AMERICA!!!! It was just so much fun. Really a good course to race on....some interesting rises/hills and sweeping turns that were way fun. I love the way they staged us on the track the way they do the cars and started us every few minutes. Found it very funny that after the announcer started the first group he said, "That is probably the quietest start I've ever heard at Road America" A couple of girls standing by me didn't get that so I had to explain. I keep trying to remember that they were just born in, like, 1990. I don't think they had the faintest idea that they were at a venue where cars regularly raced. I seriously feel like I'm on planet Stupid at least 50% of my life....I digress.

I said "Nascar raced here this past weekend" When I said Nascar, they moved away from me a bit. haha Probably thought I was gonna pull out a PBR from my bottle holder or something....show em my...

On our final lap, the group I was with sprinted up that final hill together. The rest of them weren't going to and I said, "oh, come on, let's make it interesting....we paid $43 to torture ourselves on this last hill" and by the 6th time we came up, it seemed that much steeper. I was yelling, "come on, this is 20th place on the line here!"

Really glad I showed up though because their goal was to get 30 Cat3/4 women in each race this ToAD and we had exactly 30.

So nice to see Dave342...wish I could have stayed longer afterwards but I had to zoom back to Chicago.

I'm sure I probably saw Wilke because I saw every person taking pictures even those with little digital cameras. I just wasn't sure which one was him. I'd like to get to chat with him in person especially now that I know he's a grammarian along with being a great photographer Also, was passed by another PSIMET ride that I was embarrassed to not know....possibly the new guy on our team or someone I hadn't met.

Oh....it was also very cool that the first group of guys....I think the 4/5 group but not sure caught us right before the sprint up the final hill.....cool that we sprinted into the pits by the way......and we got to see the leaders of that group battle it out for the finish.

Weather was perfect ....light winds that we encountered on the downhills. Great venue. Cyclists whine more than any sport that I've ever been around but it is really fun hanging out and observing it all.

I'd like to make the Greenbush race this week. If anyone wants to go, it's Thursday. I'm thinking of making a day trip of it. Might not happen but I'd love to ride it.