Sunday, September 16, 2007

On Cloud Nine

Hey Everyone,

The past 4 days have been a fantastic blur of events. I can't even begin to describe how much fun I had in Switzerland. It started with a terrifying ride up a mountainous road of switchbacks for 10km on Thursday and ended with a painful long run of 20km this morning. Between that time I experienced the hardest race of my life, a silver medal, crazy europeans and lots and lots of cheese. Right now I'm in Italy recuperating with my relatives but will post pictures and details of my experience soon. I want thank Nancy, Dave, Ellen and Rich as well as all of the sponsors of the USMT for an unbelievable first trip to Europe representing the United States. I also want to thank my coach Sean Cleary for giving me the chance of a lifetime.

Ciao from Italia,

Maria Dalzot
Women's Junior Team

5 comments:

Diane said...

Maria,

We are so proud of you! What a great experience for you and you have represented the USA so well. Can't wait to hear all about your trip! Enjoy the rest of your trip!

Love,
Aunt Diane

Kim said...

Maria,

We cannot tell you how proud we are of you! We can't wait to hear all about your race and visit to Europe. Enjoy your time with our relatives and be safe!! I hope you are taking a lot of pictures :)!

Love,
Aunt Kim

Kim said...

Maria,

We are so proud of you! I can't wait to hear all about your trip. Several people in the College have stopped in and asked about you.

Love, Rita

Anonymous said...

Maria,

We are so proud of you!! We can't wait to see you next month to hear all about it!!!

Love, Amy, Peter, Jacob and Morgan Eby

Anonymous said...

Hi Maria!

I've been following your trek to Switzerland, and I'm so proud of what you've done. Congratulations!!

Let's gooooo Mountaineers!!!

Former Mountie, Bethany Hornbeck
Morgantown/Pittsburgh