LUNA CHIX PRO TEAM

The race started pretty fast, and a couple South American women attacked on the first climb- I wasn't too worried because we were racing 5 laps plus a start loop and I was pretty sure it was going to be a long, hot race. Anyway, Mary went to the front shortly after that, and she led for the rest of the start loop. I passed her on the first climb, then Catharine passed me just before the trail got steep. I was right behind her at the top of the climb, but I was hurting. In fact, for the first 2.5 laps I had the boo-boo lip. My legs hurt, it felt like they weren't clearing out, I was hot, and I felt slow on the steep climbs. Poor me.

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Well, the 'cross season is finally over, I graduated from my culinary program, and MTB season is just around the corner. The last couple of weeks have been pretty crazy, but I am finally starting to get caught up, so here's the race report:

Waldek and I arrived in Frankfurt, Germany on Thursday morning and drove to Antwerp where we would be staying. Antwerp is a really cool city, right on a river with lots of great restaurants and scenic squares to walk around (even though Waldek said it reminded him of the eastern block, I think he had fun too- especially once we found a Thai restaurant). We went for a short jog, just to stretch out the legs, then went to the Team USA hotel to pick up race clothing and meet with the USAcycling staff.

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