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Froze Toes: A Thrice-Told Tale

Women’s Cat 4

As I stood in the stall of the “girls” room at the Two Mile Prairie Elementary School, I did not realize that the third layer I was cramming under my jersey would serve me in more ways than warmth.

As Cory, Kube, Steph, Alice, a bunch of Ghisallo girls, a couple of other random riders, and I lined up for the Cat 4 women’s race, we weren’t sure … Continue Reading

Hillsboro Race Report - The podium view

Hillsboro started out a little rough for Team Rev, as Pam exerted her power during our warm-up and snapped her chain in two.Unfortunately we didn’t have time to get her bike fixed before the race started, so we were down one woman before the race even began.

All of the chaos before the start didn’t give us much time to check out the competition. When we rolled up to the line, we were surprised to see that the eight pre-registrants had turned into a 40 women field – boasting riders from all of the strong teams across the Midwest. This field, … Continue Reading