Sandy Springs, Georgia

Hi again!
This is the final blog from our Speed Week adventures!

The last race of the series was back in Georgia and while we were all looking forward to some rest and recovery at the end of this crazy bout of 9 days of racing and tripping round, we were also sad about saying goodbyes and ending such a super fun time.

We were up early (after a late night after the race and AAA episode) and on the road to Sandy Springs at 9am…White Lightening started first pop - YAH!

The course at Sandy Springs was fantastic – a little hilly, fast and technical. Anna rode brilliantly – taking out an early prime and ramping it up at the end, only to crash on the finishing straight……she was gutted and frustrated, but brave about it all and got on with packing up and heading off to the airport to fly home to Boston. Anna has collegiate Nationals in Colarado next weekend and we think she is going to ROCK! She has had a fantastic week of racing and really showed she is going to be a force to be reckoned with in the coming months.

Kate also had a really solid race, keeping well up with the best and rolled in for 16th place. I could really see our K.V improve in every area during the week after a rough start with such a hard crash in Athens…….for having only been riding for 2 years Kate is one outstanding athlete with a really exciting future in the world of bike racing.

Jenette is focusing this next while on getting her back fixed up – she went into the week nursing an injury and crashing in Roswell damaged it beyond what we could repair in a week. She stepped in, while in a really tough space and in a lot of pain, to support the rest of us for the week and really tried so hard to keep a positive outlook which I admire hugely. The rest of the team are behind our Jdub 100% in her comeback……Jenette is one of the most naturally talented riders you could ever come across so we can’t wait to have her back on board and firing on all cylinders!

I felt much better by the end of the week and am glad to have survived a pretty tough bout of racing for the start of my season here in the U.S. I always struggle at the start of the season and that can be really tough on my head, however I know that now I have a bit of speed in the legs I will be away….

I am so incredibly grateful I had the privilege of spending the last 9 days with 3 OUTSTANDING team mates, who supplied top notch company, humor and support. You couldn’t ask for more.

Add to that 5 super host families and that makes the best race series of all time!

Next up for the team are a bunch of road races and crits and we will keep the blog updated with reports from those.

Thanks for reading!!
Happy riding and healthy living
Dale