We just finished up our last races in Craftsbury, Vermont this past week and it was a great way to end the season. After my fall in Sweden I did muster up the strength I needed to secure a fall spot on the World Cup tour in Europe. In Craftsbury I had to keep my lead over a few others including my ITA teammate Brain Gregg who ended up 3rd in the overall SuperTour standings. Brian also was 2nd in the SuperTour Finals Uphill race. I had some of my most successful national results of the year, including me winning the classic sprint qualifier. My biggest goal at the beginning of this season was to win the Overall SuperTour so that I could get some World Cup start rights in the fall of 2012. I am so happy that I was able to attain this goal along with many more along the way. It was a huge step for me this year and I couldn't be more pleased with it. And honestly it could not have been without the help of ITA. Being able to focus more of my time on training and racing and worrying less about how I am going to be able to afford travel and food each week makes all of the difference. Below are some pictures from the week of racing in Craftsbury. You can see the trails were pretty bare but Craftsbury did an amazing job at preserving the snow. Even for our 33-lap, 50k National Championship race. WOW! If you're not familiar with our SSCV uniforms, they are blue and white and I am wearing the yellow jersey.
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