North Star GP.....

After another loooong drive from Tulsa to Minnesota we arrived for the North Star GP. I really like this race, the courses generally suit me, and this year we had some pretty EPIC weather.

I will keep this nice and brief, but over all we had a pretty successful stage race with VK getting 2 stage wins and 2 3rd places. I finished the tour so so smashed, the bad weather really took the pain cave to whole new level. There were 3 crits and 2 road race, plus a prolog TT. 160km road race turned pretty epic with extreme cross winds for the entire race.... a lot of gutter time does not equal fun time. The other road race was 140km of torrential rain and thunder and lightening storms. This race turned out pretty epic too, with the decants being actually more challenging (especially mentally) than the uphills, I was happy to make the lead group of 25 :)

Post rainy road race - muddy and Messy - with Gillian who took the WIN!!!!

North Star Crit action...

Team

In the pain cave up the Stillwater Climb - 25%!!!! 

Lizzie and I

After North Star a few of us headed to Dairylands to race a few crits there. I did the first 4 day, enjoying a 7th on 2nd day and a 6th in the NCC grafton Crit. We picked up a nice lot of price $$ and Lizzie and I flew out of Chicago to meet Miranda in Boise, Idaho on Monday. I have spent this week chilling out in Boise and recharging the battery before a bit of training and then BC super week in Vancouver next week, followed Boise Twilight and then Cascade where Dad and my Brother Jordan are coming for a visi... can't wait to see them :)

Dairylands Critn'

Kate :) :)