A litlle local race report

Last night was yet another in the BMW Summerseries. While the women's feilds have been SMALl to non-exsisitant after being cut from the race we received a pardon, if you will. There were are several women in Greenville forming a new team to help and inspire each other which I fully support. One of my best friends is part of this aspiring team and asked if I would be there. The thought was that if enough women showed up the race organizer would allow the women to start 20 seconds behind the men's field which is exactly what we did.
I tried to keep everyone in a pace line from the start which worked for the first lap. After that I tried to get them to pull through but we started breaking up. By the fourth lap it was just me and Kelly Patton switching off, eventually taking the wheel of one of the guys who got popped off.
All in all it was a wonderful race, I am so proud of each woman who was out there. Half the battle is getting out there and they all accomplished that. I wish there would have been more ladies out there, especially since it is a local race with a local organizer. It is low turn out like this that threatens the existance of women's 4 racing and the development of the sport. Regardless it was a wonderful race and I am so pleased that I was there to be a part of it!!