That Magical Place Called London

London. The host city for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. The land of British Cycling. And the site of my first world cup. For 13 months I worked my ass off to make this happen. Over $20,000.00 later, I've gotten to my first world cup. This is not how I wanted to go to my …

UCI Fastest [Woman] on Wheels

Thirty women signed up for Ttowns UCI Fastest [Woman] on Wheels event last Friday night.... thirty women signed up for a keirin. I've never been to an event in the USA that has yielded so many women for a sprint event. Maybe a points or scratch or something a little more tame and well natured, but …

UCI Keirin Cup / UCI Champions of Sprint Night 1 / UCI US Sprint Grand Prix

I've been in Ttown for two weeks now, and it's been a fast two weeks. The first week I was here, without stepping a foot on the track in almost a year, I lined up for the UCI Keirin Cup for some Friday night racing. With enough countries represented to allow class 2 points, I …

“Fastest Woman on Wheels”

Ahhhh, sprinter households. Only do they appreciate the constant need to lay around and do absolutely nothing. Fresh out of the US timed national championships, I was prepared to collect some much-needed UCI keirin points here in t-town, and that I did. The title of "fastest woman on wheels" is now donned upon me, but …

NVGP [check]

I have finished. I was the 54th finisher, out of 55 who completely finished the stage, and with 92 people who started the time trial on stage 1. I am happy, I am proud. And I finished. That was the goal. I have made some incredible friends, and incredible teammates for life. Robin, Holly, Elle, …

Nature Valley Grand Prix: Stages 3 and 4

Yesterday was a scary day for our team. Robin and Laura went down in the "horror" crash that took place. Neither of them are going to be finishing the stages, which is really unfortunate, because both of them were doing incredibly well. We are sad to see this happen, and stayed up last night waiting …

Nature Valley Day 1: Stages 1 and 2

Well, this has been an incredible learning experience, and it's only day number one. Instead of giving you a whole recap, I've decided to list the things I've learned, and keep the mindset positive. 1. I underestimated myself in the time trial. 2. I CAN ride in the front of a crit. 3. I need …

Wisconsin…Round two for 2011

I built up my bike the first night we arrived at camp. SFO->DEN->MSP. That was an adventure. Got some awesome photos from the plane of the clouds. Blue bird skies in Denver, and then overcast in Minnesota. But isn't that how it always is? It seems that the rain has been following me everywhere lately, …

Since the word is out and all…

Kowalski's Markets Collegiate All-Star Team For Nature Valley Grand Prix Loaded With Talent Six riders with a combined seven podium finishes at the recent USA Cycling Collegiate Road Nationals make up the Kowalski's Markets Collegiate All-Stars team for this month's Nature Valley Grand Prix. Elle Anderson (Dartmouth College) and Kimberley Turner (Seattle Pacific University) are …

Settling…

Alright friends. California=spectacular. Coming home to amazing weather=outstanding. Summer is here, and NVGP training has begun. Super excited about this one. Even more so than collegiate nationals. Got some new goals set, and they are set high, but not unattainable. My car is clean. Dad buffed and waxed, then tonight, the windows, carpets, and the …