Race day

Today is the Pocatello old town Crit. I go off at 3:20 this afternoon and will be racing for rent money so it's going to be a very aggressive day. I don't even know the course, so I will be going down there on my bike checking out the course to do the pre ride. It's kind of like how lance did it scout out the course but months in advance instead of hours. I will be fresher than everyone there today so the ball is in my court. All the other racers did the 100 mile Road race yesterday. I rode 15 miles and sat in a car for six hours driving back from Grand Junction. I will be moving there in 3 weeks time so I am really excited. If I don't have a good day on the bike I might be selling some stuff for rent money so stop by and you might get a great deal on something.

Out horse powered. It was the ideal situation for ICE having 6 riders at the start of the race. The only thing was that 2 had already done 2 races in the morning so they didn't have the horse power. That left Dave Rose, Sam and myself. With the race being so fast and undecided groups would go up the road and then they would come right back because they were not the right formula to make the cake. Then a group of 5 went up the road 2 ICE 2 Logan racers and another rider. I knew this was a good mix of riders because the field sat up. Then I knew I had to get into that break. I attacked the field and started my chase of the leaders. With 5 laps of chasing I got on right as Kline feel off the back of the lead group so the team numbers stayed the same. ICE and Logan started attacking each other to drop the rider with no team mates so he had to close all the gaps down. With the leaders lapping the field the pace of the field got a lot faster. The teams started to play games again, with 5 laps to go a Logan racer attacked and put it into hyper drive. He just rolled away from us. Sam was sitting on the front killing himself to bring it back for me so I could win the sprint. The gap got bigger and bigger. Racing for 2nd Sam gave it all he had and I gave it all I had, I got picked at the line 3rd, Sam 4th. Just didn't have the horse power like the Logan racers. But got some money for rent which is great.
Some Really good Pics that Craig Worth took at the Crit that he is saleing. Alot of great pics of the 1-2 but some of the 4 race too.

Education What??

I know I know, well acutely I don't know that's why I'm checking out Mesa State College. I would be on the Cycling team. I would be looking at getting a degree in Nursing or a Rad tech. I did a ride yesterday, that climbed up on to mesa and down the monument. It was a great climb that had some real steep pitches and a lot of flat sections too. The decent was fast and I flatted and almost killed myself going around a corner on a wishy washy front tire. But I did keep it up right and took the rest of the decent at a normal speed. I like the campus it's small but that's fine with me. The town kind of reminds me of the p-town. Juntction has a lot more restaurants and it just seems like a great place to get and education. The ladies that I have seen in Junction are pretty hot. So that's good enough for me!!!

Today I went on the fruit loop ride. We went out through all of the fruit orchards and down trough the vinards. It was a great ride one I will be doing alot of. I also tried to get some"must be 21 girl fruit loops"(i have never seen this eating style, for fruit loops that is). I found that pic while looking for the fruit loop box.

Twilight Crit Boise, ID

Well Rose and myself arrived on Friday afternoon to just hang out and meet up with my older sister. With Friday off the bike completely we got some good rest in our legs. Saturday morning me and Rose hit the streets of Boise on the bike for an easy 1hr spin. With10 hrs to go before we even started warming up for the race we did a lot of sitting around and drinking tones of fluids. It only reached a 107 on Saturday so we were lucky that we got to start at 830 pm. We hit the road 1 1/2 before the race started so we could get a really good warm up.

I have not been that nervous before a race in a few years, it was actually scary. I was afraid that I was going to suck and have everyone (5000 specter's) looking at me when I got dropped. Well the gun went off and all of the nerves went out the door. I did what I do, bike race. I was holding on for dear life the first 20 laps (each lap is 1k) thinking I only have 60 more to go. At this point I was pretty much set on making it half way and being happy with that. When I got to half way I was thinking to myself I might have twenty more laps in me with. By this time in the race it's night time and the back straight away is black and the front straight has construction lights lighting up the street. So your pupils are going through a consistent change. With only twenty more laps to go I knew that I could finish the race and could start being a little aggressive. I was just following wheels but still made it off the front of the group of riders but there was still a group of 4 up the road. Being on the front of that was 100 times harder than sitting in the group. With 5 laps to go it really started to pick up momentum again. The field was again strung out. 2 laps to go and the crowd at the start finish line explodes with cheers. 1 lap to go I get chills riding by start finish line. I move up a few places in back straight away and go through the last two corners and start the sprint. I pass a few more and finished it. I have not seen the results yet but heard 15th but I don't know for sure. Oh rose and me didn't scare Toyota United, they won it.






The after party we stayed out tell 4 am drinking and dancing. Always the best things for the legs.
Sunday the family and friends went and floated the Boise river. The water was so cold but it made the 105 degree weather feel like nothing. Overall it was a great weekend and can't wait to do it next year. Thanks Jess for the Awesome Pictures!!!

WHO'S ON TOP

So the two weeks out of racing might have been a good thing for me. I made a few early moves that didn't break the field up to much. Then I threw down a good attack with Craig Kidd sitting on my wheel. I could see the points leader (Justin Kline) a bikes length off of Kidd’s wheel. So I drove it. With one lap later we had a gap of 7 seconds and held that gap for five or so laps. Then a Prime lap was called out. I thought for sure we where going to get caught. With Kidd giving me the prime we kept on rolling. That lap the gap opened up to a whopping 37 seconds. The race had been ripped open. With Kidd giving me all of the Primes and lapping the field, I decided it was time to race again. Kidd to a longer pull then usual then I attacked him. With about 9 min left on the clock plus two laps it turned into a time trial. With the win in the bag my confidence is looking really good for this weekend. Justin Rose waited a little to late in the crit to bridge the gap. He got 3^rd on the night which is a really good ride.(I did lap him and everybody but kidd)

I also got the Crit Leaders Jersey and now am in the lead for BAR(Best All around Rider).So I’m on top!!!!

Getting back into the Flow

It's been two weeks sense my last real suffer fest on the bike, and I need to ramp up for the big Twilight Crit in Boise, ID this weekend. Tonight is going to be the third ICE crit of the season and I need to ride well tonight to get my mind in the right direction(Big Head Syndrome). I will need this to show up with the confidence for the fast 90 min crit that has bunch of REAL DEAL PRO’S(Toyota United, Jittery Joes, Successfull Living, Kodak/Seira Nevada and so on). Justin Rose and myself are going to try to go one two again, but they will be looking for it this time. It’s hot and it’s going to be hard. I am down by one point from the overall and I think I will be wearing the Robs Leaders Jersey next week. I’m going to be flying next week after Twilight. My legs should be Ready.

Also my older sister is flying in for the weekend, so excited to see her again. I also have the Newly weds( Sid and Jess, they got married in Boise last weekend, I was there so that why no bike racing. I did have a good week of drinking and a great time in Boise) coming. Plus I got a few girls that I know that live in Boise that will be cheering me on. So I will have a stacked fan club. Get back with you guys tomorrow and tell you how it all went down tonight. ) Plus the rest of the poky racers that have raced in other categories and my Parents.

Justin Rose asked Burke S. What he does for saddle soars? He calmly replied "don't wear underwear, I haven't in 7 years and I haven't had a problem ever sense."

I have been on the Ban wagon for over a week now and it's working for me!!! Plus I will almost do anything Burke tells me to do thats about riding. Sorry if this was to much info for you, but you should try it if you got the problem.

NO NAT'S FOR ME

I will be going to the huge hill climb up the Targhee summer and winter resort. NOT WHAT I HAD IN MIND FOLKS

News Flash not going to Targhee anymore.
On my way to work today I was riding the Krieg cruiser and had an unfortunate crash and spilt my cup of coffee. I got my toes in the spokes and cut them up a little(don't wear flip-flops and ride). My left elbow is a little scraped up. Most of all I'm so bummed out about nationals that riding my bike seems like a chore not what I want to do. I'm going to but some big miles in this weekend and try to get pumped up.