Racing - Liberty Classic!

This weekend has been one of the best weekends racing I’ve had yet in the states.

There website explains the race well;
“Over 100 professional, international women cyclists will compete in the 16th annual Liberty Classic, one of the longest-running, most prestigious women’s races in the country. The Liberty Classic race consists of four laps of a 14.4-mile circuit through Philadelphia with four steep climbs up the grueling Manayunk Wall.”

It was just crazy! It was a lot of fun! The Manayunk wall was as close as I could imagine to the crowds that the Tour De France draws on the pointy end of major climbs. For this race I was very proud to be racing for TEAM COLLEENN, and non- profit Cancer support and fund raising organisation, send a onetime team to race Philly. The group was absolutely amazing everyone was an extreme pleasure to work with. Jenny- Longo a 52 year old World Champion and Olympic medallist was on the team, with such a rich experience in bike racing, my brain was a sponge absorbing everything she had to say!

The race went well. It was certainly a race of position with so many girls, racing around streets that were narrow, and with frequent turns when in the hilly sections. The weather also made the race interesting with temperatures in the middle 30’s, making hydration fundamental. I was dropped the last time up Manayunk. I found myself in a couple of 10ish and we arrived 2min behind race winner HTC’s Columbia’s Ina.

I'm now off to Boulder, Colorado for a chance to get some solid training miles up!

Till next time
Ange

(photo's from the weekend- follow the link to your right)