Raced Today

Today I raced (I think) my final road race until June at the Kings Valley Road Race. I felt like I was dodging bullets out there: a guy behind me broke a spoke, another guy behind me blew a tire in what sounded like a gun shot, and another guy beside me was sketchy as hell and caused a crash with just a couple miles to go. After all the fireworks I ended up with a 2nd place finish behind my new friend Lenny. He's a friend of a friend from home and turns out we're a pretty good cycling team. I actually had two chances to beat him at the end, but he's extremely strong and I simply didn't have the legs! After last weekend's crashes I'm happy finishing upright, the good result is icing on the cake!

After the race I rushed to an indoor soccer game; I'm playing on a friend from home's team. We had a blowout win, but next week we start a new "season" against the next level of competition. More on that later, right now I'm totally wiped.

One last thought: I won $35 from the race after paying a $20 entry fee. Does my +$15 make me a pro?!?!?

Banana Belt Part Deux

We're off to Portland this morning for another bike race, the third and final leg of the Banana Belt series. Serena's coming up from Corvallis and we're planning a have a merry ole time. Wish me luck, aka think of me in spandex, on Sunday at noon (3pm Eastern)!

Le Tired

Just rolled into La Grande from the Banana Belt bike race in Portland and am muy tired. It was a great trip, though lots of driving for two hours of racing, and I ended up with a respectable 7th place finish. Not only are my legs tired, but my brain as well, so off to bed. Goodnight moon.