Tour del Sol

Alisha says:Dave and I went to St. George to race Tour Del Sol this past weekend. It was a small, but talented women's field with a good chance to get some more racing in. After the 12 mile relatively flat time trial I was in second place. Coleen from Vegas had a strong time trial and was up almost a minute on the rest of the field. Once again I am being taught that each second counts as third (Julie) was only one second behind me.

The criterium was scheduled for later that afternoon. As we were driving to the location, there was a serious storm coming in: sideway wind, huge tumbleweeds blowing across the freeway, dark clouds that dropped rain and then hail. Although the storm didn't last that long the organizers were already pressed for time and because the officials trailer almost blew over they canceled all of the crits for the afternoon.

The next day was the road race around Gunlock and because of daylight savings time it felt like the race started extra early. It was cold and super windy. There is this one hill called "the wall" that split the race into small groups. Nicole Evans and I made it over the top and teamed up to make a break. We were eventually caught by two Colavita Vegas girls 20 miles later after a long descent. We then turned into a crazy cross/head wind for the rest of the race that really demotivated anyone from trying to get away. Chances looked slim for making up the minute that we needed to on Coleen. The race ended at the top of a rise and I was able to kick it in for the win!