Article: Cyclist Konrad takes the criterium.(The Gazette)

Sarah Konrad was on the streets downtown in the cold rainy darkness and she was all alone. She knew she was being followed but she didn't have any visible proof. In fact, the 32-year old wasn't even quite sure how she got there.

However, she knew she belonged. Konrad finished first in the women's criterium in the National Collegiate Road Cycling Championships on Saturday afternoon.

Not bad for a ski racer from a Division II school (Wyoming) that started bicycle racing as a form of rehab for her torn left anterior cruciate ligament, and who had never raced a criterium in the rain.

"It was kind of fun," Konrad said.

Her cycling story ...

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