Au revoir!

As Dell is probably tossing and turning in Germany, counting the minutes before she can get out of bed, eat her pouridge and ready herself for the WORLD CUP....Kelly and Kristina are in Angel Fire, NM tucking themselves, with visions of the swooping course flowing through their minds...and Jen and I are (as usual) tying up the loose ends and getting ready for our flight across the big sea tomorrow!

Before jumping across the pond, Jen and I gathered a group of our friends...and dragged them out for a ride that would make up for all of those we'd miss while we were gone....turned out to be 2 hours longer than we had all planned, but not one complaint!






Then, since I was missing in action all day, my little bro Ry Guy, who has been out visiting this week...took me out for a little hike. He's been an angel all week, and thought it came thru in this pic. I'll miss having him out in CO!




Anyways, Jen & I are off to Europe tomorrow AM. We'll rendezvous with Dell in Paris, stay with my aunt, uncle & 2 younger cousins there, then trek up thru Belgium, race in Holland, cut thru Germany en route to Jen's family & BMC in Switzerland...then sneak off to Italy for a bit...and then focus on the World Cup 6/10!

I will be honest, Dell (the Aussie rock star) is coming into form (which means hurting us more and more each ride!), her eye is on the 08 Olympics...me, I'm headed over for the experience....and the cheese & chocolate! World Cup racing takes being a little fish in a big pond to a whole new level...but, I've always been one to say "sink or swim" & I've always stayed afloat so far!

Jen & I wanted to pass on one thing we know for sure....we'd not be floating if not for ALL OF YOU! Thanks for all of your help!

So stay tuned, we'll be updating this as often as we can!

Bonne nuit!

-Megan

all smiles today

Tuesday brought another clinic, which meant another wonderful day! Despite the looming clouds, a group of ~40 women braved the gloom to rock the trails!




Thanks Brando for the wrenching!!




There's nothing better than the pure smiles seen on the girls after the women's clinics! Thanks to all the women who are a constant reminder of how fabulously fun cycling should be!

Ride on! Vail women's ride!

The weather could have turned ugly...but luckily the grey clouds didn't release their fury! Today we had our first Vail ride and it was great. We had a big showing from the teacher's in the area and they brought enthusiasm and eagerness to the evening.

The amazing Kelly Magelky, a.k.a. the Thug, wrenched like a pit crew extraordinaire to change pedals and outfit some of the women onto the BMC Shiver. We then rode some fun singletrack and I even got to change a flat...which was great for teaching the gals how to fix those darn buggers. A few ladies even had "break-throughs"!!! Like successfully getting in and out of clipless pedals, which was so cool to see. Megan gave an example on getting behind the saddle that totally helped to awaken their one-ness with the bike. Overall, it was super and I enjoyed riding with our new Vail friends and I hope to see them out on the trails again real soon. Until then keep rockin it, even if the rubber side doesn't always stay down:)
Roll with joy:)
JG

oh yaah, good ol midwest, don't ya know!

Yes, I was cherry picking points. But that's okay, it was well worth the trip back to the midwest!

A huge thanks to the wonderful midwest crew: Jenna, Paul, Justin, Tom, Wank & Dave...who carted me around, worked on my bike, fed me and made me feel right at home! The race was at an absloutely beautiful little nordic center, Maplelag in Callaway, MN...about 1.5hours east of Fargo.

It's not too often you get to stay in cabins, eat wonderful meals in a family style mess hall and go cannoing and loon watching at a UCI race! Such a neat venue, I really hope people get word of it next year and make the trek up there.

Happy Mother's day Mom :-)

-Meg-o

LAX - Fontana, CA - Urban Assault!

After a quick week at work, the girls found ourselves in the hollywood hills or at least near them in LA, the endless city. Not the place most think of when you're talking about mountain biking, but this proved to be as tough as any!



Happily surprised by the course, Jen rocked the Super D with a podium 5th place & a trophy in hand! The next day brought a challenging cross country (XC).
















Steep decents with sand you needed to surf like waves. It was pretty skecthy if you ask me. Single track rolled passed old matresses, spray paint and broken down cars...a little different but much more unique than your typical mountain resort race.


What does the x stand for in LAX anyways??