Wilmington, Delaware

Today was another NRC race in the cool town of Wilmington, in Delaware.

It was our first race with a almost the full team racing so we were excited to all be together and looking forward to the adrenaline rush that comes with a big race!

It was a relatively short race at 25 miles, so the pace was fast from the start. The field split fairly early on with Kate V and Anna making the front group of 17 riders and Kristy and Dale in the chase group, Michelle and Staci in the group behind that.

Anna’s run of the worst luck EVER continued and she came down after riders crashed in front of her…..a visit to the emergency room and several stitches later, Anna is on the mend. We hope to have her back soon.

The race continued with two main groups of riders fighting for the top 23 places. The front group had 17 riders, including our own Kate V, who despite being outnumbered by the larger teams, made several great efforts to pull breakaways in. Kate is a super strong rider and she put in such an impressive ride to finish in 9th place. Job well done!

Kristy and Dale continued to work in the second group and their effort paid off as they finished in 21st and 22nd place. Good finishes considering there were over 80 women that lined up at the start of the race.

We headed down to Baltimore, Maryland to make some good dinner and rest up for the race tomorrow.

Jenette