It's hard to believe that I left Aus 3 weeks ago.. Since being here I've already raced 6 times, across 3 different states, spent about 25-30 hours in the car traveling to said races, met some amazing people and ridden in some beautiful places!
Instead of a blow by blow, here's more of a picture blog -
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| My new training grounds, just outside of Athens Georgia. Beautiful country roads everywhere! |
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| The 'pond' out the back of where I'm living. |
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| The view from out the back deck. Such a great spot, I love it here! |
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| First ride, first coffee stop. Jittery Joes, an Athens institution! |
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| First ride with the team, pre Charlotte Crit |
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| Whole Foods = Heaven. |
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| I've been so luck to have been able to stay with some amazing host families already. The Tussey's from Winston Salem had a beautiful house, set on a Golf Course. |
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| The Men's & Women's race are run on the same courses right after each other. It means the fans get to see more racing and the festival can be made much bigger! |
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| It's ok, I've found my favourite apples! |
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| Cafe/Bakery in Winston Salem, needless to say, this is where most of the riders ended up. |
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| Some dirt road action out the back of Watkinsville |
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| Chipolte! YES! |
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| Posing at the Athens Twilight Crit, watching the men's race. |
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| Big group shot from pre Athens Twilight Dinner! |
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| The Twilight weekend contingent at the Dowd Hostel for itinerant cyclists |
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Blue skies, smooth roads = happy cyclist
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Up next is the rest of 'Speed Week'. There's 3 more races to go, and whilst I'm still struggling a little with my post accident phobia of being in the bunch, I'm hopeful that things will keep improving with each race!
From there we have a bit of a break in our racing schedule, and I'm super excited to get some time at 'home', suss out the local riding a bit more and do more than just a few 1-2hr reco rides. Really keen to head up north a little to ride some of the Georgia Mountains with some of my awesome team mates!
