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Jamie
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Posted: Wed May 14th, 2008 05:07 pm |
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Ladies with team logos featuring cats took 3 of the top 5 places on Saturday, 10 May at the Dick Lane Velodrome! Is it a coincidence? I think not! I think it's because cats rule the track! Meow!
1. Leigh Valletti -- Vanderkitten
2. Olga weeks -- Velo Bella
3. Lesli Meadows
4. Robin Pace
5. Jamie France -- Velo Bella
There were five races and a field of 13 women. First we had Scratch Heats to qualify for a Handicap race later in the evening with the men. Olga was one of the four who qualified. That was followed by a 15-lap Snowball in which Olga got 3rd. Next was a 30-lap points race which didn't go so well... in lap 5, a wreck took out 3 women. Luckily Olga and I were in front of the crash, so didn't get tangled up in it. (It was a pretty bad wreck -- an ambulance had to come for one woman who had a broken collarbone.) Instead of restarting the 30-lap, they had us do an Unknown Distance. Olga took 2nd and Jamie took 3rd in that. Last open women's race was the Miss-n-Out; Olga again took 2nd and Jamie took 4th. In the Handicap, Olga picked up another 2nd.
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Jamie
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Posted: Wed May 14th, 2008 05:15 pm |
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I am so grateful to Olga and her husband James! They have been extremely generous to me. It was my best performance at the track ever, because of them.
Olga's calm & experience made me feel comfortable out there with the more experienced gals. Plus she is helping me with tactics. James volunteered to do my wrenching, putting me in a better gear (86).
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ehirsch83
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Posted: Thu May 15th, 2008 03:49 pm |
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Go Jamie and Olga!! Yay for Bella's on the track!!!!!
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velobella
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Posted: Fri May 16th, 2008 04:26 am |
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| I am so smitten by the track, so I love hearing other track race reports!
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Jamie
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Posted: Fri May 16th, 2008 11:59 am |
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| There aren't many posted, other than what you put on your blog. It seems you and I started riding on the track about the same time last year. Only I have to drive 2 hours to get to my track!
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velobella
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Posted: Mon Jun 9th, 2008 10:05 pm |
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| I got to meet Leigh this weekend in Philly (where she rode to a top twenty!) and she's super sweet. Tell her I said hello next time you see her on the track!
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Jamie
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Posted: Sat Jun 14th, 2008 08:31 pm |
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| I'll tell her. BTW, I enjoyed reading about Michael's gig with VK on his blog, and the pics you took are so good! Philly must have been so fun for you -- just hanging out and snapping shots, while Michael had to "work."
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