I’m pretty ashamed of myself that I haven’t blogged since APRIL. And I sincerely apologize for that. My concussion and other setbacks put me on a emotional roller-coaster and I really didn’t want to do much of anything but try to get back on track. I scheduled my priorities and I believe that I am back on track chipping away at my goals. And with my twitter and Facebook page I’m sure I kept you up to date, but they just weren’t blog entries. Now to bridge the gap of my missing blog entries I will just post some key words or phrases for each event and hopefully it will get the main idea out to you and your can fill in the missing spots with your imagination OR if you like you can post a question or comment and I’ll do my best to answer it!
Gila
The last time I raced Gila was 2 years ago. And I’m sure I vowed that I would never come back. But there I was on the start line for Mogollon Road Race. I was there to be the best teammate I could possibly be. And I was also there since I didn’t go to the spring Europe trip, so I was low on race days. Mogollon (pronounced: mo-gey-on) Road Race was not the best day for us. Kristin Armstrong had the stomach flu and could barely pedal her bike. I helped rotate in the front with the girls to control an early break and we brought it back by the base of the climb. Once we started climbing I was already back in the groupetto, but I could see Armstrong slowly drifting back towards me. Once I caught her I pushed and encouraged her all the way to the top. But that’s all I could have done as she was feeling like total shit. She ended up having some sort of food poisoning so she had to abandon the race. Basically just tried to survive the rest of the race.
Pittsburgh Twilight
-WIN!
-perfect leadout from Olivia Dillon
-i love Project Sport races <3
Tour of Chongming/UCI World Cup China
-no traffic regulation what so ever
-life flashing before me during training rides
Snake Alley/Memorial Day Weekend
-flew out after HS graduation to my biffle’s(Kaitie) house
-hung out
-went camping
-Snake Alley; just about the coolest road ever
-2nd, 4th, 2nd
-most aggressive rider t-shirt winner
Nature Valley Grand Prix
-still one of the hardest US stage races I’ve ever done
-super domestique
Road Nationals
-U23 CRIT NATIONAL CHAMP
-Georgia is the hottest and most humid place on earth
-humidity is gross
-racing from one air conditioned place to another
San Rafael Twilight
-WIN!
-teammates Alison Starnes, Tayler Wiles, Olivia Dillon
-i love Project Sport races <3
-“all I do is win win win no matter what”
-champagne poppin’
Tour de Bretagne
-first time flying to CDG by myself; confusing airport thus far
-first time taking TGV train by myself; confusing, but I love the public transportation
-super teammate for Jackie Crowell, she ended up 4th GC
-turning on the TV and simply watching the tour on local TV
-IMMENSE amounts of bread
Tour de Limousin
-WIN! Stage 1
-got into 4 leaders jersey; stage winner(red jersey), points leader(blue jersey) U23 GC(white jersey), and overall GC(pink jersey).
-first elite european stage win
-absolute most incredible feeling ever
Watsonville Strawberry Criterium
-WIN!
-racing with teammates Alison Starnes, Olivia Dillon, Tayler Wiles
-all day breakaway with Pascale and Jazzy
-sprint finish out of break of 3
Brentwood Grand Prix
-WIN!
-racing with teammate Kristin McGrath
-race put on by Velo Club LaGrange, a local team that supported me as a junior
Holland Ladies Tour
-yelling
-caravan
-dijks(spelling?)
-wind
-crosswinds
-rain
-chickens
-cow poop
-round abouts
-plateaus
-cobbles
-tumble
-survived my 2nd Holland Ladies Tour in a row; THANKFUL!
collegiate track nationals
-WIN! indiv pursuit
-2nd place in 500m TT
-WIN! team pursuit
-WIN! sprints
-WIN! points race
-WIN! co-ed team sprint
-WIN! indiv overall omnium
-WIN! team overall omnium
-the most cohesive and fun type of team cycling ever
-if I could, I would just race collegiate for the rest of my life
-FUN!
-camaraderie
-home track racing
TD Bank Mayor’s Cup
-3rd
-racing with teammate Lauren Tamayo
-haven’t been riding for 1 week because i had already started my off-season
-post-race: mexican restaurant by the water with menu on ipads, horrible waitress, mediocre food
-extra cash monayyy
Off-Season
-analyzing 2011 road season: after major setbacks(concussion, flu) just wanted 2011 to be over to start 2012 fresh
-fun
-Fun
-FUN
-why didn’t anyone tell me about college sooner?
Dempsey Challenge
-inspiring
-motivating
-incredible cancer surviving stories
-yep, I cried
-Patrick Dempsey is REAL
-chilling with Bernhard Eisel, Levi Leipheimer, Odessa Gunn, Tom Danielson, Fast Freddie, The Phinney Family, and more!
-great way to start riding again after offseason
Marian CX #1
-welcome back to CX racing!
-the new Felt F1X is AMAZING!
-SRAM Black Red is bad ass BOSS looking
Cincy3 CX
-game time!
-road trip with @westonluzadder
-9th, 7th, 9th
-day 1, crit warm-up(no warm-up) doesn’t work with cx racing
-day 2, i love grass crits
-day 3, i tried to be nice but mud is not my friend
Louisville USGP
-i love grass crits
-16th, 11th
-my best USGP results
-I don’t do jumps
Collegiate CX Regionals
-2nd to bff Kaitie
-MTV CX courses are getting fun!
Marian CX #2
-WIN!
-overnight rain
-muddy and slick
-getting cold
Thanksgiving
-super thankful to have family in Indiana!
-tweeted: “Thankful for all of YOU! And anyone, anywhere, and anything that has made a impact in my life! Happy Thanksgiving everyone! #muchlove”
Thanks for checking out my blog! (this time you actually had a reason to check it!) I will do my best to get blog posts out more often(heckle me if you want more blog posts). Next blog post is from Jingle CX. And I promise it will be posted because I’m already working on it!!!
Much love,
Coryn
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