No, Catherine; "IT" as in Information Technology, Not Italy!

[MikeB]

She's Off ...on the 2010 1001 mile Miglia Bicycle Race through Italy

Catherine in Italy for the 1001 Miglia Bicycle Road Race
(Not the road bike she will be riding)

Alteryx's own Catherine Shenk prepares for the race by climbing mountains and riding around Italy. Tomorrow morning, she is off for five days and 1000 miles:

http://dropbars.posterous.com/i-couldnt-help-it-1001-miglia-route-is-now-av

Race Map for the 2010 1001 Miglia Bicycle Race through Italy

"Riders will have a maximum time limit of 135 hours to complete the 1001 mile route that features a total of 20,000 feet of elevation gain. The route will begin in Nerviano, near Milan, and will take riders eastward through the Po Valley along the Po River eventually crossing the Appenines, fortunately avoiding the steepest climbs. Riders will turn south crossing central Italy along the Tiber River and past the Trasimeno, Corbara, Bolsena. Then it's northward on through the roads of Siena, Chianti, Lucca, before arriving at Cinque Terre along the Liguerian Sea. The route then turns east crossing the hills of Oltrepo before reaching the plains and rice fields of Lombardia."

The Italian countryside

Old Castle

Catherine and Norman, her husband in Italy for the 1001 Miglia Bike Race

Good Luck, or should we say, "Buona fortuna, Catherine!"