Sunday, April 02, 2006

Great Weekend

Ok, so I was gone racing all weekend so gimme a break. I also got some constructive critcism about my blog, I was told I should work on my punctuation and grammatical errors, thanks Uncle Woody. After all this is just a blog not brain surgery. To start off we left friday and got to Purdue, not a fun drive. We did a 10.5 mile Time Trial and Josh killed the field beating some well known pros, and I did not do to shabby myself. I think I may be suited to races against the clock, or maybe developing into a time trialist, Josh tells me all i need is to use my power now, as I spin an easy gear too often. It is hard work to get good at time trials but I am coming around.
I left the race and did not partake in the Team Time Trial, sorry fellas. I think they understand that i really wanted to see Kristi run anyways. So I got to her meet really early and froze my you know what off, but that was a small price to pay for watching her do what she loves. She was so concentrated that I felt bad for being there, but I hope she knows I just want to support her. Went out to eat with an old pal, Damian. Its good to know that you can see someone 4 years after being their teammate and still talk like you haven't missed a beat.
The race on Sunday was all for not. I warmed up for an hour and a half only to find out that the race was postponed for a bit due to rain, so we protested that and basically no race to speak of. It was great having a coach stick up for the riders safety by saying, "nothing good could come of this". Thanks Ken. We drove very fast and got back to Western at around 5ish. So i decided, since Kristi was going home to see her family that there was time for a ride. So I rode another 2 hours and caught the finish of the Tour of Flanders. Bonnen again as I predicted. I actually won a prize for guessing 1st and 3rd places in the race. I won some tubes from Midwest Cycling Group. So I guess I may have a future in being a psychic??? Who knows.
Finally i discovered the Love for cycling that I was lacking in the early season. all it takes is a few good weekends of racing and it came back to me. It was not hard though to tell my teammates I had to pass on the Team Time Trial to be there for Kristi. I may have let them down, but I would rather have to tell them no, then guarantee I will be there for her and let her down! My life can not totally be based around cycling. Later!
J_DUB

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