Blog for Megan Hottman
Racing update...
A quick email update to let you know where I've been and what's coming up next!
Last weekend I met up with our team's 3 sprinters, Liza Nicky and Tiffany, for the final 3 crits of speedweek. I was given the job of working as team domestique to chase down attacks and moves that threatened to get away in order to keep the field together for a field sprint for our top sprinter, Nicky. The plan worked! When you serve as a worker like this for your team, you often are dead last or out the back from all the early efforts, but that's ok - it's easy to throw my race away (and my own personal result) for a teammate who is capable of delivering the results! And she did -- Nicky ended up on the podium Sat and Sun, which bumped her to 3rd overall for Speedweek and our TEAM finished 3rd overall so we all got to take the podium!:
When I returned from Speedweek, I returned for my 2nd cortisone shot in my lower back. I really hope it does the trick! If nothing else if gave me the chance to visit my sponsor, Panorama Orthopedics again. I LOVE PANORAMA!!!!!! everyone there is so friendly and fun. Dr. Brown is fantastic, I highly recommend him!
Next on my race schedule: a criterium in Boulder this Sunday (May 15) at University Hill, a Criterium in Louisville on May 21, and one in Aspen May 22. Then I'll be racing the memorial day weekend events in Superior -a crit and the infamous Morgul Bismark road race. Feel free to come out and watch and cheer, racers love spectators!!!
Moving into June I'll have my first big track race and am hoping my new track team 2011-12 skinsuits from Primal will be finished (with the Panorama logo on them!!)! The race is held at the velodrome in Blaine, MN and is called the Fixed Gear Classic -- 3 days of racing with strong fields and solid prize money. Can't wait!! After that I'll likely stay in MN for part of the "Tour of America's Dairyland" which is a 10-day road racing event in 10 different cities in MN.
Follow along on twitter (meghottman) or my blog at: megan2012.com if you'd like to read more.
Thanks for reading!
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