Turtle Pond: aka "Operation Pork Chop!"

After team pictures Saturday the NEBC women had the chance to enjoy a meal together and talk about tactics for Sunday's first race - Turtle Pond. Over the course of dinner our team director, Brooke, introduced the concept of what she calls "tenderizing the field"! We, of course, did not miss the opportunity to have some fun with this concept. Somehow we got from "tenderize the field" to an association with meat, to what we would affectionately refer to as "Operation Pork Chop." Every great strategy has to start somewhere, right?

Well, Operation Pork Chop essentially involved a series of attacks (hence, pork chop 1, pork chop 2, pork chop 3...etc. - anyone listening to our post race meeting would have died laughing.) Sally had the distinction and honor of launching the first "pork chop"! (All that training with the back pack and fireman's outfit has certainly paid off!) And once the field caught her she had the legs to do it again! (If I am not mistaken, she asked for permission to attack again, just for training!) Rebecca would soon follow, countering with a strong pork chop of her own - which nearly stuck. But on the final climb it was Mary who took it to the line for the first win of the season!!!

Next stop: Battenkill-Roubaix!