24 hours of FUN!

Ok, great day out for a bike race today, but firstI had another great night with Kristi, and her friends last night. We went bowling and I took her out for a dinner. I have nothing to say other than it was amazing. I thought I would have a tough time meeting her friends, but it was really nice. Thanks ladies for the fun, especially you Kristi. Now onto the race. It ended up being a little longer than everyone thought it would be. 16.5 Miles of Time Trialling. I got there early and registered and pinned the number on. Then began warming up and doing the prerace stuff. I felt really good and had people start in front of me that i knew I could crush. So from the start I went as hard as I could. I caught my 30 second man at 2 miles in, so im thinking wow Im flying. I eneded up catching a teammate, Jon Decker, 5 miles in and he started 90 seconds before me, so I was still hauling. Then at 7 miles in I was like oh crap, now I am going to pay, and i started cramping up. I still kept my speed reasonably high though. I ended up catching people who had started 15 minutes before me, and I caught people every mile. Not getting passed by anyone along the way. I ended up doing the 16.5, which turned out to be closer to 17 miles in 40:37. Average speed of about 25-26 MPH. Not bad for my first real test. Josh killed everyone as I thought he would, and I even got to use the new Zipps I bought off him. First time that I rode them and I didnt even touch my brakes in the corners. So 4th in the race (age group), and 12th overall. So I am very happy at the moment, but still can do some work to get better. Considering I am not a "true" Time Triallist it was a very very good day. I was right near the top guys in the state and it felt good, it was also great to see everyone after the long offseason. Now I am off to watch the Criterium International at Louie's. Peace Dudes! Hopefully someone took pics and I can post them up here soon, but I have a feeling they didnt. Who wants to see the ugly face of my pain anyways???? Later!