You teach them fine nuances of swimming stroke and laboring love of running at their limit but they get swept off the feet by the flashy hotness of road cycling… Another bittersweet racing success for a Lifer that is now going to a church of road cycling – Allyson Kutler wins overall yet another crit in South California riding for Dolce Vita. I am not surprised when she wins ITT’s, after all, cycling time trials and long distance triathlons are “kissing cousins” but crits?!… What happened to “triathletes can’t ride” bromide? I guess some can handle their bikes after all – and here is a lesson to the current and future Lifers: not to avoid our drills-and-skills bike handling training sessions.