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I suck at bike racing too:)

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TTT- Golden ride & one Hell of a year.

Cliff notes:
We busted a 4:40 for the 4k for gold.
A couple of weeks ago the Special kids did one of these 4:40's I was stunned and amazed with that time. Plus they looks so damn fast!
Fahey showed up with his A game, Dan Smith has been riding great since we called him up to the team after a Special shuffle, Metcalf was on fire all week and always gets us rolling into those 22's, and I needed to ride smart...

I heard there were a bet being placed on the Amgen guys, Tracey always has my back!. They were out gunned today, but kept us focused and when we saw the likes of Bostick and Thurlow coming to Hellyer. Fahey & I thought it would be really cool to be standing one step up from those cycling legends. You kids out there may be familiar with Thurlow, but for me I remember reading Winning magazine before the internet and endless articles about Bostick's TTT's. I did see him in action in 1988 at the Olympic trials and it was impressive.

Bored yet??

Tracey knows splits like no other, this morning when she was getting ready for work she says" do you get much draft in the start?" I think you left a second there...this track stuff is a total different language. Tracey has been soooo supportive of the TTT and the TT this season. Long days and nights at the track are coming to an end. It was a really great vib to have the nationals here and us locals gather so many medals.

Nationals will never be the same. Thank you Rick, Warren, Peter, Simmons and everyone else that helped, sponsored, or just came and cheered.

Got some vino to sell,

Later,

Hotter at Hellyer-Bronzed again by a taint er

on with the 3k, its a pretty boring day up until the 10-5,4,3,2,&1 beeeep.

My start is like pouring molasses out of a cold jar. I didn't even think about the start honestly, just was thinking about when I was going to catch the rider on the other side of the track. Coming into this I knew I'd ride fast hoped for the ride of my life. It didn't happen.

Warren got me all worked up with about 4 laps to go when he said I was down on my track mate on the other side of the track...I was like wtf??? Who is riding faster then me today??

It was good motivation Tainter beat me by 1/1000 of a second for second place. The 333 was the hottest time of the day. I figure I can get there, just need a better start- as Warren said"Its painful to watch your start"

Points racing last night at the track was a blast!. THis was the first time I was in the stands on the outside looking in. The crowd was pumped and cheeery and for sure buzzed. Gary Westby local champagne ace showed up in style with a Magnum of bubbly, lots of good vino in the stands and it seemed at one point I was triple fisted.

Then it dawned on me...every time I've done well at nationals I've never changed my routine except this year when I skipped the beer and vino all week.

A little lovin in the afternoon, a nap, couple of beers, and a glass or two of vino. Thats the secret!

Guess I better go pack up the car to go and pick up our gold today in the TTT:)

I had a dream, I won the points race!

Then I woke up, went to the garage at 5am to look at the sweet Hooptie grid of all the riders and sprints.

Yup, still third. Its amazing what 42 gels with caffeine loaded gels and cola cliff blocks will do to your sleeping pattern.

It was a great race, no real BS, just good fast racing. It was great to have some help from the MS/TS crew on the track, but I gotta give it to everyone who shouted encouragement last night. It really helped keep me in the game.

Highlights-
Seeing my first ever cycling coach for the first time in 18 years! No shit, he races the 45-49 points race. His name is Bill Pedlar, really with a name like that I guess you gotta ride a bike.

Support from Tracey/ Proman, friends and family.

Podium chick.

Seeing Bostick roll a 56x14. I'm still trying to figure out how many inches that is.

Metcalf's winning ride.

One more thing....

Big thank you to all the volunteer's, sponsors and especially to Rick Adams and Warren Geissert for bringing track Nationals to Hellyer.

Labor day Taper. "laughing, crying, and going out on a limb"

So Tracey and I had a great weekend. She has been bucking up with coming to the track commute the past few weeks shouting out splits, writing them down, etc. Its been great having her support the track thing...an ex-con said to me 20 years ago.."the same thing that makes you laugh makes you cry" well Tracey is the one who really got me to the track in the first place, so its kind of her fault.
Last year when I went to the track the first time I felt like a foreiger, different language, different people, having no clue what was going on. I still do loose my bike every now and again, but I think I'm getting it figured out. I'm looking forward to the points race on Wed for some good warm-up for friday. Just hope its not as stoopid as the entire master districts were for me. I hope I've my head out of my ass this week and some good bike Karma too.
40-44 Masters
Wed PM Points racing (around 6:00 I figure)
Friday am 3 K pursuit ( around 12:00 estimate) this is where the fruit is...
Sunday TTT 11:00?