09/30/2024
Well I (.allison ) am still stuck in the support blackhole (Day 25!). The good news is is all our business and my person account are back online after the original Business Portfolio was hacked Sept 6th, the bad news is, I can't access my personal account at all and can only access the business side through a Meta Business Portfolio 🙇♀️ I am literally just waiting on the email to be reassigned. It's an absolute headbanger. Nevertheless, I am an endurance athlete and will endure. Thank you to several community members and their people who have tried to get it escalated- so so so grateful.
On -- it's tempting to fall in the trap of "I'm disappointed" "I was hoping for more." I finished 11th. It was the first time women have had their own start and there were a solid nearly 40 starters. It was intense from the start with some giant rollers followed shortly after by some moderately technical single track. After entering B***o Canyon, it was attacks up every steep pitch until there were ~15 of us left...it was just shy of an 800kj first hour for me. I eventually became disconnected over a steeper pitch and rode alone or with dropped elite men and lots with .
As this space becomes deeper and more competitive for women, I think it's important as athletes to be able to take a step back, realize that you are already doing something that requires an incredible feat of human strength, and that only one person gets to win, three on the podium, etc. We have to enjoy these sweet moments of success when we have them and celebrate our peers success when they best us. It's an honor to be here and compete amongst each other.
We're now at the Denver Airport, now routing to Amsterdam with the Brussels Airport strike with a bunch of us all lining up travel to cost share resources. UCI Gravel Worlds here we come!
