UNATTACHED

Today I did my first race
unattached.
I formally resigned from Beaverton Bicycle Club today, for various reasons that many are already cognizant of.
The change is better sweet, it was time for me to move on, but it's just strange given that I've been on that team for four years, which is the entire span of my racing career.

But moving on to coverage of tonights very, very wet PIR.

At first it was just a drizzle. Just a splash here and there. But as race time approached it started getting heavier and heavier. By the time races were due to start there were only 14 women signed up in both the senior and novice women's categories. The officials made the decision to combine them.
However, the novice women did not stay with us for long. Despite the weather the field was under a constant bombardment of attacks and no one wanted to work. All the work was done by 3 women including myself, Jan Moss, and a Sorella rider who's name currently escapes me...
My efforts paid off and I took first in the second hotspot of the night, unfortunately the Veloce girls countered attacked right after the sprint, making a successful break and staying way for the rest of the race.
I did manage to get third in the field sprint. When I was done I was drenched. But it was worth getting soaked. I got 5th =]
Good job to all you ladies who braved the rain.

1 422 Burns Beth Veloce/Felt 17
2 2976 Flaherty Colleen Veloce 12
3 254 Moss Jan Team Group Health 12
4 2951 Metz Tamara Veloce 10
5 999 Graham Fiona 9
6 408 Huggins Elise Tsunamis 8
7 2868 Luder Erica 5
8 795 Linton Anne 5
9 245 Stolt-Krichko Debra 4
10 436 Tingey Sarah Bridgetown Velo 2
11 463 Sturtz Shana Bridgetown Velo
12 2838 Clark Heidi
13 1743 Ichikawa Michelle