Welcome back to racing!!!!!! Brain tired!

just quickly since i am brain fried and have to get to sleep soon... just finished stage one of the tour of montreal! it was a BLAST! it was a crazy, crazy flat race that was much more like a 60 mile crit than a road race. there were so many turns that it was hard to know where you were on the course. and it was a heck of a lot of fun too!

the team really did great. the field was very fast and aggressive, but our riders moved up, covered moves- even threw down some attacks. stacy and vic worked on leading me out and we learned a lot from it. still a work in progress, but they really did a fantastic job of being where they needed to be... as did the whole team!!!

i was having a heck of a lot of fun during the race and will write up a report later. i made a few mistakes and am getting back into the swing of things after taking so much time off from racing. it takes a while to get back when you have not really raced in a month. the world cup was the first reminder that i am just getting back into race shape and today was the second. my fitness was great and my sprint felt pretty decent for just getting back- but i moved up at the wrong time and had a bad position in the finishing sprint. i pulled out a top ten, so that is good. but it was a positioning issue for me. it was a good reminder for me to remember where i NEED to be and how to get there. it made me very excited to get to do a few more of those crazy sprints again! i AM a bit crazy........

i am tired though. the legs feel great and loved it! but the brain forgot how mentally exhausting it is to focus that hard for that long! tomorrow will be another fun day of mad dashes for time bonuses, but the course will not be quite as mentally stimulating as the 36 (NOT kidding) corners per lap x 8 laps!!!!! off to bed now. good night!