Monthly Archives: September 2009

This year has been an incredible journey and I really couldn’t ask for more. I guess I can’t really say that winning the Silver Medal at the Junior World Time Trial Championships came as a surprise to me because going into the TT I knew I could pull out an excellent ride. The course suited me perfectly; it was on wide open highways that were some of the smoothest roads I’ve ever ridden on. I was on amazing form, due to my amazing coach, David Wenger, and persistent co-coach/my dad. I wasn’t wasting any energy at all due to our perfect soigneur, Simone Trafelet. My confidence was high was from winning the Pays de Vaud and the Tour of the Red River Gorge Time Trials, as well as the White Jersey at the stage race Liege-La Gleize the previous week. It also doesn’t hurt when you so many amazing followers back home and knowing that they will be proud of you no matter what happens! […]

USAT Age Group Nationals – Olympic Distance.

There are 50 women in the 40-44 wave and only one national championship jersey. My biggest competition is another Texas resident, Peggy Yetman, the current W40-44 Ironman World Champion. I’ve raced her on 3 occasions and lost on all three. Peggy is a talented runner (she went 38 minutes in her 10K at Cap Tex !!!). I’ll need at least 3 minutes on her heading into the run to have a shot a winning our age group. […]

Check out The Houston Chronicle’s write-up of the event and Kevin’s inspiration to win here.

Kevin’s account-

One of my perennial season goals is to win a national championship event, either road or track. I had already attempted to claim two national titles in both the masters road race (2nd place) and the elite criterium (12th place). My last shot at the stars and stripes would be the masters nationals points race in Colorado Springs, where I was the defending champ.

My training leading up to the points race had been primarily focused on elite nationals criterium the weekend prior, but the training translated pretty well to the points race. My coach Derick Williamson had me doing a pretty intense routine of VO2 Max intervals on Tuesday, two-a-day LT intervals and the Memorial Park Criterium on Wednesday, more LT work on Saturdays, and these crazy sprint workouts on Sundays, where I would go do 60 10-second sprints all out. I was usually ready for the Monday rest! […]