#KATIE COMPTON UK CYCLIST SERIES#

“I think it was such a well-run, safe event, I’m thinking, OK. “They had it set up with a red course and a blue course that were separate but raced at the same time so more riders could be on the course while still staying distanced. They always have good riders showing up, so I know it’s going to be competitive regardless,” she said. She was so impressed with the implementation of coronavirus safety measures that were implemented in multiple areas of the event.

#KATIE COMPTON UK CYCLIST SERIES#

The first one was Death Bowl Cyclocross Series in Louisville, Colo. It’s not World Cup racing, but it’s about the race effort and going hard, and being technically smooth.”Ĭompton raced three events in Colorado in October, winning all three. “So if, and when, we go to Europe, I’ll at least have some racing in my legs. “I was pleasantly surprised to see that ‘we actually have racing.’ There were local races to do so I decided to just do some local races and have fun with it, work on my race fitness, work on some skills, and make sure the bikes are dialed in.

“So I was looking at other ways to get in ‘cross training and racing – just to get that solid race effort in, that I don’t get on my own. I need some sort of racing for ‘cross prep since I have trouble doing proper training without pinning a number on,” Compton told Cyclingnews from her home in Colorado Spring.

“Once races started getting cancelled and moved around, I realized I wasn’t going to be racing too much so I started looking into some local events I could do.

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