Well, this week I'm buzzing around on cloud nine!
I have an awesome new sparkling SUB Rosa Pro carbon bike...just landed in the country and has been assembled and fitted. I’ve had no time to break in the saddle as I quickly zoomed to Taupo to race. This year, the women’s race wasn’t around the lake (160km) but we had a 30min street race. It was a good starting block and the bike made me forget about the uphill sprint every lap of the Women's hotdog race!
But the major news this week is that I have signed the dotted line and gave myself away to new travels for 6 months in 2008.
I have signed with the American Professional Women's team TIBCO.
I am very excited about this. It’s going to be a massive 6 months with flying here and there to race the American Circuit. I round the team out being the youngest member on the Elite Squad, which is made up of girls with amazing and brilliant talent.
This means I will be living in California from February till August (I hope it's warm over there by then!) I will have to develop my non-existent traffic riding skills quickly as we are based in Palo Alto, just on the south side of San Francisco, which I'm picturing to be somewhat busier than the Waikato country roads I traverse daily!
Here is the link for the official press release of TIBCO
http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=11989
At the moment my focus is training towards the Elite Nationals in mid January which will be held in the Hawke’s Bay.
I hope everyone is enjoying riding into the New Zealand summer as much as I am; I am already planning my Christmas day training around my Christmas day eating!