Heather’s Tour de Park City
Heather
Aug 3, 2008
This is the first year of the Felt Tour de Park City, which has a 170 mile USCF race and different tour options (52, 108,
This is the first year of the Felt Tour de Park City, which has a 170 mile USCF race and different tour options (52, 108,
Our team name was the Underdogs. Shelly Olds started us off, I was 2nd, and Kele Murdin was 3rd. We had a good start lap.
There were 22 of us who started. I started on the rail. We rolled out for the neutral lap and the race started. We were
I warmed up on rollers for 20 min with a two pushes. There were 21 of us who started the 10 km scratch race. I
I warmed up on the track for 58 min. I did 2 x 500 m pushes with splits of 19.0, 18.8 (I had to get
I warmed up for a while on the track. I was going to get on the track for 5 min then get off and stretch.
We started with seven women; two from one team and two from another team. We started off pretty quickly. I was still hesitant about catching
The course was a new figure 8 type course in the Linen District in downtown Boise. We started on Grove St in front of Big
The race was out in Melba, ID. We started at the Melba Senior Center. There were 6 1/2 women: Jenn Halladay & Sarah Brown (Tamarack),
We started with 27 women. Kristin Armstrong (Lipton), Laura Van Guilder, Kelly Benjamin, and Brooke Ourade (all from Cheerwine), Melissa Sanborn (Wenzel Coaching), and several
There were four of us at the start: Laura Stott, Joanna, MaryAnn Ozier and myself. The first prime I sprinted for and won; I thought
I rode my new Cannondale Slice TT bike with my Lew front and Zipp Disk rear. I started behind Jen Halladay and chased her the
We rode with the Master’s 50+. We had 8 women: Kris Walker, Jeanne Rumps, and Sima Trapp (all Bob’s), Lynn Stott, Sarah Tillotson, a Vela
It was raining and awful for the crit. I got a bad start and the first few laps had to keep closing gaps. I almost
There was a chance we would get rained on during the race. I wore arm and leg warmers and was glad I had them most
This is a 6.8 mile TT. We started before a small climb this year. I was able to ride our TT bike. I tried to
We started with 21 riders. It was cool so I wore arm warmers and knee warmers. There was a strong wind it seemed all over
Heather’s been so busy lately that her race reports are on a month delay. I finally added them to our blog, but since the posts
The course was very interesting. After the start finish you went straight for a block and then did a 180 degree turn. You rode back
There was a headwind out and some wind on most of the course. I rode Mike Shumake’s Cervelo TT bike with a Zipp 606 front