About my new team....
I just realized that with my blog in this vegetative state, I have never properly introduced my new team to my readership of 1.7 people. This year I'm racing with a seriously awesome group of gals on the Easton/SugarCRM/Specialized team, based in the Los Gatos Bike Racing Club. Wow, that is a mouthful. But I'm pretty good at talking, so it's OK.
We've been racing together for a couple months now, and things are feeling good - it's great to have a strong group of cat 1/2/3 ladies to race, hang out, laugh, and hurt with. Two weeks ago, I had a pretty intense crash, and it felt so good to have a handful of teammates all pretending to be my mom. A few highlights: Lori picking me up off the hot pavement, because it was so painfully hot to stay there. Holly letting me lay my head on her knee while I was whimpering like a baby as they cleaned my road rash. Bri taking care of my bike, and telling me, "no, Karla, you will not ride it back to your car. NO. It's NOT rideable." Then finding it already packed on top of my car ready to go thanks to Mary Ellen. And everyone helping me change my clothes without showing my backside to the world for a second extended period of time. It was good. I've got a couple good photos of the road rash - one just a day after the fact, and then one a week after it happened (thanks to Steven Woo).
Anyway, we keep our team blog pretty well updated, so mosey on over there sometime too! And there's my post for May.
posted by karla at 12:16 AM
14 Comments:
Wow Karla! You took your homework very seriously! Thanks for the update.
And... quite a nice rash by the way.
Another month with no post? The waiting will kill me
Here's a note on your recovery though - I forgot completely that you had your accident. You were killing it out there. Not sure if you personally feel recovered or not yet, but your power seems to be back - good job getting yourself back together. 2 weeks is reasonably quick to have great form again
Dude, sorry to spam your blog but: had to inform you that your Dartmouth link ("Also My Previous Team") is broken. That means they decommisioned your bio page! Not cool.
Joel, you spammer. Yes, I take my homework very seriously. And wow, it's like I never even rode for Dartmouth now. Thanks for letting me know :)
And yes, Mike, I'm happy with my recovery - it feels like the bit of extra rest actually was a good thing.
Why is the Minnesotan (yooper even!) the only one wearing leg warmers??
Dang! How have you been able to sit or use the toilet?! Well, I probably don't want details on that. But it does look very painful!
I hope you are back in the saddle again soon. Your new team sounds very fun (and quite importantly, those are nice kits!)!
your road rash matches your pretty dress! :)
Ouch! I hope you're healing up. Let me know when you'll be in town. It's nice here again, it's okay now, you can come back and you won't need knee a down parka, at least during the daytime. :)
Just when I thought you'd written your last blog, you surprise me by posting a new blog. Yay! I'm sorry to hear about your crash, Karla. It's nice to know that you're surrounded by a solid group of teammates who've got your back. =)
Not so wonderful road rash. Love the candid pictures. Keep up the great riding. Regards, ME's Dad.
You're racing the 3's on Saturday! Nice!
Hey I bet you could do the 35+ 1/2/3 race too can't you? Since you're driving out there....
3 words Karla. Teg A Derm.
Get it, use it.
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