Not all dreams come true... LUCKILY!!!
Today was the national time trial, an event I've been anxious about for the last week or so. I'm not a time trialist, and I'd been having bad dreams about that race. I'm pretty sure they involved almost everything that could have gone wrong. The night I checked the final start list online there were only 12 girls signed up for the race, but in my dream I finished 13th.
The TT course was hilly and very technical, so it stayed exciting the entire time. I ended up 8th out of 11, because one girl didn't start. But after my finish was when things really began to get interesting. After rolling out my bike for a second time (to test my junior gearing) I was approached by my USADA "chaperone". That is, the lady who was assigned to follow me everywhere until she could get me to pee in a cup according to the US anti-doping agency's procedure. So I spent an hour or so drinking a lot of water and joking with the winner of my race, because it took a while for either of us to give the officials the sample they wanted.
Right now, I'm really excited for tomorrow's crit. It should be fast and technical, and I couldn't ask for more.
The TT course was hilly and very technical, so it stayed exciting the entire time. I ended up 8th out of 11, because one girl didn't start. But after my finish was when things really began to get interesting. After rolling out my bike for a second time (to test my junior gearing) I was approached by my USADA "chaperone". That is, the lady who was assigned to follow me everywhere until she could get me to pee in a cup according to the US anti-doping agency's procedure. So I spent an hour or so drinking a lot of water and joking with the winner of my race, because it took a while for either of us to give the officials the sample they wanted.
Right now, I'm really excited for tomorrow's crit. It should be fast and technical, and I couldn't ask for more.
posted by Netana Hotimsky at 8:34 PM
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