Hood

Wow it's day two and I'm already way tired. The first ITT was really rough for me. I haven't felt that crapy all season. Today J-rose got the KOM jersey pretty dam cool. I was the water boy today and got my first real pro tour hand up aka the push up the road. It was awesome!!! I got dropped the last time up the climb when the teams all started to attack and stu went out the back. I was a little blown. Mark was a star today and got 6th on the stage. I came coasting in a few min after the main pack. WOW it's been rougth and only going to get worse. Oh by the way the stage was a 110 miles.


Ryan Mcknab was in a wreck on sunday in a Road race. He is in stable condition and will be held in an induced coma for four days (until Thursday) to prevent brain swelling

TV spot light

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Garden creek gap didn't goes as well for me. I didn't have the best legs and my new shoes put hot spot on my feet. I mean it felt like fire burning my feet. I still got in a 100 miles of riding in of quality racing, 3374 calories burned. Not bad. I leave Tuesday morning for hood river, Oregon. The boys from Rio Grande are coming and staying with us tonight in the Boise house. After Hood River Classic there will be a lot of booze consumed from the Rio boys, rose and myself!

Mt. Hood

I get to go race Mt. hood now. I was going to just help the team and support them, but know I get to survive for 6 days.

Oh yeah the math class, I passed. C's get degree's! thank god

Life back in the POC

Well I took my last final and got out of GJ as if I was about to get the plague. I started the drinking season Thursday night to celebrate a little. I went riding with Rob and Sam Friday morning up Scout. Drinking Season over!!! Wow I felt like death. I went out on the TT bike for a few hrs yesterday, and felt million time better than Friday. Today I'm going to get a late start on the bike, because one of my best friends is leaving today back to Minnesota. So I'm going to hang out with her until she has to go, then go for a good ride.

I also got to say thanks to Sam and John S. they gave me a new pair of riding shoes. PIMP!!

Oh Sam has got a new espresso maker that is absolutely amazing(14shots already) I will be getting one hopefully in the fall. Pocatello crit is on Tuesday I'm hoping to have a good ride because I know it's going to be hard to get away from the pack of riders. Oh I also will be doing some work again for Sam. I betting on 4 bags I totally screw up, just my guess.

Off to Boise next weekend.

Life as a National Champion

Holly shit!!! That's about all I can say for now. I want to say thanks for my parents supporting me and dishing out the cash when I needed it. I want to thank my coach for taking me to the next step. I want to thank Sam Krieg for being such a supportive teammate/friend and DICK boss J/K. I also want to thank Rob McGovern and Craig Kidd, I wanted to be you guys so bad when I was little, because you guys dominated. One day Rob told me that I could be better than that. I would never of believed it then, but thanks for pushing me. Thanks for making me suffer like a PIG. I have to pay my respects to my Grandpa Stuart, I miss him a tone and don't really know if I would be here with out him. For everyone who has contacted me in the past two days, thanks so much for the calls. I still cant believe how awesome it is to get that jersey. WOW!!! I'm the first person to get a National Championship jersey on the road at Mesa and the 3rd person to get one. Just writing this makes me look over at the jersey that I got, it's hung on a hanger and I Think holly crap, I won a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!!!!!!

That last Pic is me hugging Anne Spalding the Conference Director and Mesa's faculty adviser, she almost took me to every race. Thanks Anne

Nationals

Well after the 15 hour trip we have made it to the big show! I'm so ready for this, I can't wait to race my bike. It has been 10 months in the making. When I decided to go back to school this is why, and to get a degree. I realize anything can happen because it's bike racing, but my plan is to rip some legs off. I'm here to Win the jersey and maybe even two of them. I feel really strong after taking some days off after the Gila. I also brought my best suit,the stash and mullet for the big show. Tomorrow is the TTT, then Saturday is the Road race and then Sunday is the crit. Tuesday Math Final:(

RR

6th, not to bad. I hope the crit goes a little better. I would really like one of those jersey's! I was one place off the podium and 1.8 sec from from the win. Mesa is in 4th in the overall. I will also be going for the overall best rider hopefully I can get my sprint legs on tomorrow. Zero hours studied for math final.

Crit

With the over all best rider in the back of my mind, I was really thinking about winning that crit. My mesa team Road the best they have all year in a crit. I got in a move with a guy from Colorado College. We had 20 sec on the field and that's all we could get. During the Break I was picking up some Prime points which didn't mean much at the time. With a 6 to go a guy from Dartmouth bridged across. This was great for the legs. I started feeling really good. With 1 1/4 laps left we got caught. I did everything I had in my body to hold position for the next lap. 12th in the crit.

Overall O

Final Division II Men’s Omnium
1. Chris Stuart (Mesa State) 183
2. Eric Schlidge (Dartmouth College) 181
3. Peter Horn (Vassar College) 180
4. Todd Nordblom (Colorado College) 173
5. Toby Marzot (Dartmouth College) 166

I love Prime Points!!!!

Gila Done and Nationals here I come

Well if you didn't hear I got 2nd in the crit. I love those things. I wanted a better GC spot but knew I would have to risk it. I took the chance and fell a little short like 15 miles short. My oil light went on, and I lost the drive and the suffer. I called it early. I am heading to Kansas tomorrow to rip some legs off. Right now I'm in between classes and this is my only day of class this week and for the rest of the year. I have finals next week. That sucks but oh well. I will have to do some studying while resting for once. The gila great race hopefully will be back next year. Team Bobs-bicycles.com did some real ass kicking down there. We made it in moves every day the only team to do that.

Day 3 GIla

Well the first day at the Gila sucked for me TT like a little girl. I got 40th

Day 2 in a all day break and getting caught with about 1K to go. Wow did I blow up I mean I was barely turning the peddles. I was so dehydrated that I got an IV after the race, and drank 4 power aids. 10th on the day!!

Day 3 I sat in the field all day and Rose went up the road to later win the stage. The decent on the stage was crazy. There was a crash 4 guys in front of me and some how missed it. I also over shot one of the switch backs and had one foot out and braking as much as I could. I got 10th again on the day. I feel good and I'm looking forward to the Crit tomorrow. Don't know the GC as of now. Check the official tour of Gila web site!!!

MSC home race

The home race went really well I got a third in the road race and a fourth in the crit. I felt really good both days. Now I'm at the GILA. The team picked me up in Moab yesterday. We are sitting around in a coffee shop now, waiting to ride the TT course this afternoon. I feel like my riding has really came together in the last few weeks. I'm really excited to be hear but the plan is to gain fitness for Nationals in Kansas next week. I would like to get a high GC or a stage win here. I will be updating daily, or as much as i can. The house that we are staying at does not have Internet so it might be hit and miss on the updates. Check the Gila website for updates.