Madera 0 Kern 2

Slowly, but surely, I might be convinced that hilly stage races are where the action is at.

We pulled into Starbucks at 6:10 this morning, relishing in the cool morning air and an iced triple latte. It was super delish and I savored it all the way to Caliente, CA. Aha...a road race in Caliente. Now that's hot!! If you're looking for real GC results, they're here, but you've got to read to the end to find them.

The highlight of the day was none other than this wonderful woman who runs the historic museum in Havilah, CA, a tiny town of 300 rural families. Knowing we were coming for the hill climb, she baked batches and batches of cookies which she had out for us. She was the real hero of the day.

In other news, during the rare (ha!) dull moments in the Circuit Race, I came up with the idea of having a GC competition for the teachers in the 3s. There are 4 of us and 1 school nurse. Erin, the nurse is kicking our ass in the race, so we're not sure we're gonna include her cause we just can't hang. Going into the hill climb, only 45 seconds separated each of the 4 of us. We have Heather from Paramount, Lauraleen from Mako, Shari from EMC, and me. Post-hill climb, Lauraleen now has a commanding lead on the other teachers so we're going to have to work together tomorrow to reel her in. Rumor has it that Robert is working on a trophy for this stiff competition.

And how did the real racing go, you wonder?

In the 4s, Sarah M. got 4th in the circuit race after Julie's bomber leadout. Julie went on to win the hill climb which will be a team highlight that we'll remember for a long time.

In the 3s. I led Laurie out at the circuit race and she ended up 3rd in a group of 4 of us which gapped the field. The circuit race was part of the Bay Area Women's Point series so Laurie will move up in the standings, as will our team.

In the 1-2s, Amanda took 3rd in the circuit race, followed by Jane in 4th. In the hill climb, Molly got 2nd with Amanda in 4th. GC news coming up, but the RR is going to be a good one tomorrow with Proman, Touchstone and the Mints hitting the road in force.

There's a lot more stories about the Bagboys and the Bellas, but my brain is so undercaloried right now that the fun stories will have to wait. Man am I pooped!