Team Revolution Blog + Events

Where do I even start? What a cool and exhausting weekend we had…

Sat morning Road Race
Got into Springdale, Arkansas around 9pm on Friday night, unpacked and made plans for meeting up in the morning. Left the hotel around 7am, got there and got equipment staged.

There were 35 women in our field for the 34 mile Cat 3/4 RR. At the start, all I could think about was trying to stay towards the front on the first big hill which was only approx 5 miles into the race…and actually ended up being around mile 3. Ouch. There were bigger teams and … Continue Reading

I have never done a Cat 3/4 crit before, and I knew this would be challenging. Racing with them on an easy course would have been hard enough, but we were racing them on a course that was rated one of the top 5 most challenging crit courses in the nation (by Velo news). In less than a mile, the course has 8 corners, a fast downhill with those new brick cross walks all the way down and a brick corner at the bottom to a short flat section, false flat, and then a 90 degree turn to an ~8% … Continue Reading