OK, I'm over it. It happened, I learned, I've moved on. I hope my subconscious will follow suit soon so I can stop waking up going over and over it. I'm REALLY looking forward to racing next weekend.

The best thing that came out of Saturday's race is that I now BELIEVE that I can upgrade. It proved to me that I'm ready.

Sunday, the women's training ride was a completely different experience. Instead of us all safely staying in our endurance zone, we really pushed it -- attacking up every hill, chasing each other down, pulling hard into the headwind. It's what I've wanted the women's ride to be: aggressive, difficult and fun. Now we just need to get more people involved.