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