Sunday, September 17, 2006


um, this right here is unheard of. me on the podium with allison "hay bale" powers (1st) and sarah "shammy time" uhl (2nd). we were 1, 2, 3 in the overall parker omnium.

the beginning of the criterium today. sharon the hammer and i got a call up. (meaning we are called up to the line so we get to start at the front of 50 women) something we have never had before, and let me tell you it was pretty pretty cool.

lara kroepsch and i in a tiny break. this is the corner where the crash that involved half the field happened. lisa matlock attacked, i got on her wheel and together we took the corner really hot. the girl behind me couldn't handle our need for speed and took out everyone behind us.

jon knit a sweater in his race today. he was in the back tailgunning/punching tickets/surfing the back to stay out of the crashes and keep his wrist safe.

the madre and padre tarkington came to support us at the race today.

after the race we were starving. here is a mini cheeseburger, it doesn't look mini because renee has mini hands. prior to this she drank a mini diet coke. (again, didn't look mini in her hands)

sharon and alison enjoy three day old stale bagels.

sharon 30 minutes later enjoys french fries and french onion soup. she loves american food with the word french before it. french dip with french dressing is her favorite.

a wrap up of the entire 3 day race can be found on sparky's blog. (click) and full results can be found here. (click)

one more thing, thanks to both sharon and renee for doing everything they could in the crit today. you guys are awesome, and i am really proud of how our team raced.

2 comments:

reastman said...

Call ups are cool. My mom got to see me called up at Fitchburg, it was cool. I was proud to see you on the podium today. Great job.
(oh, how 'bout my mom's "french" dressing. ketchup and mayonaise, how american is that!"

Anonymous said...

way to go, bethie! you are soo fast!
btw-french fries (aka pomme frites in french) are french, we were so surprised to see them everywhere in france. i have no idea about the soup...
tammy