I believe...

it's time to get a tan and officially start blogging again, not that i was ever religious about it but I am making a serious effort to keep you updated on all the 2008 race/riding/life happenings. Some are exciting and some may not be but it is my goal to be somewhat diligent since I have a pretty great opportunity this year racing for the Pro Team Cheewine. See the 2008 Cheerwine press release.

I have already been over to Santa Rosa for a week in January for a "non-camp" with some of the riders. See the group minus my roomie for the week, Stacey Marple
(photo courtesy of teammate, Leigh Hobson)
It really was a great week. The riding was incredible and I couldn't have asked for better team camaraderie. There is nothing like sleeping, riding, eating, hanging out with teammates and repeating for a week to make you appreciate that this is what I get to do in 08! I also got to be roomies with a sleep talker which made my first night there a little frightening. I won't go into details but my lesson learned is that ear plugs are a must unless you want to lie awake a night wandering if your new teammate already can't stand you...we're of course all good once I learned not to take anything personal.

In a couple of days I will be back out west in sunny Tuscon, AZ for our "real" team camp. All the riders and staff will be there. These camps lay the groundwork for the entire season. Everyone meets, goes on rides, gets to know each other, etc. You get the picture. I am sure there will be some worthwhile stories from camp. For now, we had 4 girls racing the Women's Tour of CA crit this evening. Results are in and LVG took 2nd in the sprint. Good way to start off now we get to go fine tune in AZ. SWEET!!!

For now, it's back to the daily grind of coaching and training. Some of my favorite clients right now include, the flashy and super fast Black Sheep Cartel. These guys are sure to make a some heads turn in the upcoming months on the regional and national racing scene.

Other items that are keeping me so busy is the little lady.
She is so energetic and more than a handful. Guess once racing starts, I will have to pack her in the bike bag and take her with me. There is no way I can leave this little sweet face at home!


Camp starts Wed and leaving the cold, wet, rainy east coast is fine with me. Leaving my man to tend to all my athletes at the annual GREENVILLE TRAINING SERIES is whole other stress. For now, I have one athlete that already has a "VEE" under her belt. Congrats to Lauren Beastall for kicking some butt in the race up at NC State yesterday!!! All her hard training is paying off.

Busy Bee

WARNING! If you read any post from this day forward in 3rd person it isn't because Robin has gone crazy. Instead her rock star cycling lifestyle has taken up all her time and now she is required to pay someone to blog her life.

Since her last post in November the training has ramped up, she has acquired a couple new coaching clients and traveled to California for a 2 week "Sherina" training camp. This training camp has involved copious amounts of riding, sleeping, drinking wine and repeating. Her response time has slowed down but due to a recent gift of an iPhone she has been sending photos to unexpecting email accounts.

As you can see from the photos Chris (boyfriend) and her are spending plenty of hours of bonding - I mean training - on on the bike. The hills of California have been treating them well but they will return to civilization and real work this week.



Enjoy the photos and look forward to Robin's imaginary friend (that's me) playing the part of blogger for the cycling rock star.