The culmination of a season . . .

Here are 5 of the top 6 finishers in the Wisconsin Cyclocross Series for the A Women. And as you can see I am one of those gals along with 3 National Champions (way to go Wisconsin gals!).

I came by my 4th place in the series the hard way - dogged determination. I wasn't the fastest woman but I never gave up and in the end that made the difference.

In 2004 I set a couple of goals for myself - move up and start racing the A races and get at least one UCI point. As you know that never happened as I tore my ACL before the season started. For 2005 I decided to stick with those goals as I still wanted to accomplish those items and figured that I shouldn't let a thing like knee surgery make me give up on those goals.

Now of course I wish I could have done better this last season but I did meet both of my 2004 goals. I raced 15 races as an A racer and I got 12 UCI points. I might have gotten my butt kicked by lots of other women this season but I went out and raced, raced, raced. Plus I had a whole lot of fun and in the end that is why I have to put 2005 down as a succesful season.

Not sure I can top all that in 2006 but I sure will try!