Bubba Finale

This past weekend we had the last Bubba race, which took us back to Bellefontaine Park in noco. The weather was nice all day and then dropped down into more cyclocross like weather with temps holding in the 40's. The course was phenomenal. By far the best Bubba course I have ever raced. It had a good amount of elevation change, good obstacles, the tackyness of the course was perfect and the twists were just right. It was a blast to ride. After starting fast and having a pretty good race last week, I was aiming to do the same this week. I missed a pedal and was only able to slot in 2nd on the holeshot, to Dr. Mark. DB came by me and then Jay before we hit the turny section by the wheelpit. Nate jumped around me and a gap started to open with Mark, DB, Nate and Jay edging away. Jay fell and I closed the gap. Carnage ensued behind me and it was Mark pulling DB, Nate and myself around. On lap two DB went down and it was down to Mark, Nate and I. Nate left us in the dust, and I tried to follow. Schottler came by me in a bad place on the course, and I didn't follow. I rode with Mark for another lap, then Yielding caught us, we dropped mark and then rode together for a lap or two. Mark caught back up to us and we dropped Yielding. After seeing 3 to go Mark and I were together, then going into the downhill u-turn, I completely lost it. I flipped sideways hard and landed smack on the pavement. I layed there for about ten seconds, really hurting, with my bike on top of me. It was cold and I hit hard. I kind of woke up when I saw Yielding coming around the corner, and Jay soon after. I got up, bike was fine, and got back on. I pedaled but it really hurt. My hip was killing me, and I could see that I had road rash on my elbow and knee. It felt like a crash in a crit. I tried to get up the run/ride up but had to put a foot down. I knew I was done pretty soon after that. I couldn't even imagine getting off the bike and running over barriers. I stopped and went to put some warm clothes on. It was disappointing because I was racing really, really well. My legs felt fresh until I went down, and I was feeling confident. For the beginning of the race I felt like I had survived a battle as nearly everyone else behind me was taken out in some fashion, and I could hear them hitting the ground. At least I know I still have some good legs. Thats pretty exciting with State this coming weekend, and Nationals the weekend after. I was pretty sore yesterday, and when I woke up this morning. I saw the chiropractor yesterday and I'm back in line, but he suggested taking today and tomorrow off to heal some more. I'm thinking maybe swimming today and riding again tomorrow. I swam last week and really enjoyed it. I had already been in the pool, helping a friend with her lifeguard certification. I decided to stay and swim instead of riding. Does anyone have any advice for swimming for cycling? I'm thinking use a kickboard. Anyways, I'm racing the cat 3 race this weekend. I only had one top 5 finish in the Bubba series this year, and I'd much rather have a chance to win a jersey, than be fighting for a top ten with the KC guys in town. If cousin Dan decides to do the 3's as well, we could likely end up with an inter family duel for the jersey. Exciting stuff. The only problem is that I waited to register until 3 weeks before, and there were already like 3 rows of people. Where the hell are we? Who preregisters for cross in Missouri? It's cool though that so many people are psyched this year. It's just surprising that 3 weeks before is late. So I'll have to try and get by as many people as possible asap. we'll see.

Mt. Not So Pleasant

The Bubba race this weekend was at Mt. Pleasant winery in Augusta MO. It was ridiculous. The whole course was on the side of a hill with probably a %20+ gradient in some parts. The whole race was either up, down or off camber. The course also featured a brief flat section, interrupted by a ramp that took you through a building that housed a bar, and back out the other side. As much as I didn't like the course, which was by no means a cyclocross course and more of a novelty circus event, it did suit me decently well. I am hesitant to admit that I can climb well, yet when it comes down to a race, I can usually pull something out. I chose to ride my Eastons for the fact that the glue job is one year newer, a point which the ever questioning grbeans should have taken into account, and for the fact that after numerous days of Griffo testing these past few weeks, the Fangos are the superior tire in all circumstances. It gripped amazingly well on the off camber sections. The 27psi I had in the tires allowed them to perfectly conform to the 18 percent grades. I started on the front row and easily took the holeshot. I think I had about 50 feet by the first u-turn. It was kind of a dumb idea, as I hadnt really warmed up at all, but I was up there, and I wanted to give a little test run for nationals, where the start is INSANE. I held first until the very steep run/ride up where I had to run and cousin dan and grman rode past. I had a 39x25 as my smallest gear, which was no deal against this beast. I stayed in 3rd or 4th for a lap or two and then grman dropped off. Over the course of the race a few more dudes went past me and I was in 6th or 7th riding with devin with 2 to go. I tried to shift my right shifter and it was pushing really far in, and not doing anything. I tried a few more times, and the same deal. I reached over with my left hand, and without any struggle, simply pulled the shifter paddle out of my shifter. The whole internal attachment had broken clean off in like 5 different places. So i had a 39x12 for the rest of the race. I had to run a lot. I got passed by 2 or 3 more guys and ended up 9th. Kind of a disappointment but I know I rode well, and my legs finally felt decent. I think the fast start was actually a help. I felt really good up the climbs though, I was making up time on anyone that I was with. I also made $5 in various $1 handups throughout the race. Those dollars make it fun. I can buy lunch this week now.
Today I had one of those totally beautiful St. Louis moments. I was downtown to shoot some photos for a project, I had just turned on Broadway and I was getting some hunger pangs, I had been for a few hours. I saw a Jimmy Johns to my right, debated for a few seconds then cut over a few deserted lanes and turned down whatever street it was on and parked. I walked inside and was greeted by none other than Rob Bell behind the counter. It was great to see him and catch up a bit. It's one of those insane coincidence/small world moments that make STL STL.

buy some stuff...

buy my things please.

St. Vincent Bubba

I woke up this Sunday a bit early, around 8 and watched all of the videos on here to try and get motivated. They motivated me, but more so for the 2010 road season. Really sweet videos though, none the less. I was checking the weather repeatedly, and was hoping for the rain to come around 2 as was said to be a possibility. Like I said before, I don't really think I race well in the rain. It's just a blast. I got to the course and was greeted with numerous "dude, best course evar!", "have you ridden it? sweeeet!". After registering and getting ready, I prerode the course before the b's took off. I was impressed, but a bit let down after all the hype. It was really nice to have a course that wasn't just weaving back and forth through a field. It had some twisty stuff through the trees, a "double" sandpit, some pavement, a strange barrier, some stairs you didnt have to run, some mud, and a few good hills. Thinking back on the course it was pretty fun, but I don't know what I actually liked about it. I had read on the forum that there was a stair runup, which I was psyched about. I really wish they had taped the side of the stairs so we had been forced to run them, or try and ride. I think my favorite section of the whole course was the little S turn right before the downhill on the pavement, and then the following drop back off of the pavement onto the dirt again.
For some reason I didnt think it was going to be a big deal to line up on the front. It was perhaps the most important starting spot Bubba we have had this whole time. Sure Josh can work his way up from the back. He's an exception though. The rest of the top 5 dudes all started front row. There were also a few front row guys who I normally smoke during these races that it took me 2 or 3 laps to catch. Basically, the gaps got big, quick. I was riding alright through the first few laps. I was maybe 3rd to last on the first lap through the upper section of the course, then was able to move up to tenth over the next few laps. Maybe 3 or 4 laps in I was riding with mj trading places back and forth. Looking back on things we probably could have actually ridden together and worked together and had a better race. Instead, I think I panicked as I had been beating him pretty consistently this year, and was seeing that he was going quicker than I was. I threw down a few little surges, and he did as well. We really yo-yo'd back and forth, and hardly ever actually rode together. Although I mentioned how I would have liked the stairs, I think the climb next to them was probably my strongest place on the course. Quite a few laps, I came into that section maybe 10-15 seconds down on someone ahead of me and was easily able to close the gaps midway up the hill. The muddy section was a total pain in the ass. It was so deep and so rutted. What I noticed throughout the race is that as the mud was getting churned around there were large rocks that were coming up to the top of the mud. I felt like my wheels were dying. I ran the mud section all but maybe two times. I just didn't feel like I had the speed to get through it without working my ass off, and I figured it'd also keep my bike from gunking up. I didn't feel like I raced well at all. My mind wasn't in it. I wasn't thinking about the race. Also, I noticed during my race that my legs didnt feel warm. They felt cool the whole time, I could never really get them going. I think a better warmup is needed. The rain finally came yesterday so I'll head to blackburn today and enjoy it in its best state. Hopefully I can get some more hours on the bike this week.

Bellefontane Bubba

Bubba last week was okay. The race was in Bellefontane park up north, it was a pretty big and nice park. The course was really fun during the warmup but I don't know how much I liked It during the race. It was a bit of an energy sucker. Also, it was 80+ degrees and I was dehydrated. Not a really good combo. Anyways, I started pretty well, differently from most of the recent races. I was sitting 3rd for the whole first lap, and watched Bridal and Yielding ride away. After having two races that were 14+ laps long, it seemed a bit early, and I didnt want to blow jumping up to them, or pushing it too early. They stuck it out and Josh was the only one to catch them. I ended up 8th I think. A bit disappointing as I was thinking this might be an easy weekend to score a podium spot. Oh well, I didnt ride a whole lot the week before. I rode my griffos the last two days at blackburn trying to get tire pressure right, assuming this dry spell would continue. But it's supposed to rain tomorrow. I like racing in the rain, but I'm not sure it's a strength of mine. We'll see.

Bubba Cross Weekend 3 (2 for me)

Halloween cross was this saturday. I was undecided on whether or not I was going until 8:45pm when I was at a party and decided to leave and head to the race. I had packed my car incase I made that decision. I got to the race at like 9:40, registered, forgot my number, had to change brake pads and air up 2 sets of wheels. By the time I was dressed, finished with all that stuff and embrocated it was 10:30. Go time. They did call ups based on registration, and I was last, with costumed riders getting first row. I was playing catchup to the group I thought I should be in all night. At one point I was closing in on Josh for 4th place, but could never quite get to his wheel. Then DB came by me and I started fading from there. I felt good for about 3 laps then the adrenaline wore off and the no warm up wore in. I wasnt going good for another ten laps or so then had a bit of a resurgence towards the end. I think we did somewhere in the region of 16-20 laps, or a shit ton. Coming through and seeing 12 on the counter is a lot different than seeing 4 after doing a few. Demoralizing. There was also a lot of mud. I ran one section that was super slow almost every time. I have come to the conclusion that I might be too light for the mud, or maybe I just suck in it. I like the wet stuff, but the peanut butter sucks. Anyways I got caught by some dudes and caught some dudes and finished 8th. It was cool cause my girlfriend came, who was dressed as Margot Tenenbaum (I was Richie, pre suicide attempt, but was out of costume pretty quick). It did suck racing at 10:30, which meant getting home at like 12:30 and getting the bikes washed by like 1am, after being harassed by a Public Safety officer. Eating soup and hummus at 1:15am post race is pretty weird.

I think I was the only person who slept well that night, that I heard of. I had unclogged my rear der, and was ready to roll at 2 today. I registered early and was banking on the call ups again when I decided to go preride a little. No deal. I showed up to 3 or 4 rows of racers already. Boo. Boo to "rule" changes from day to day. How about we get staged in overall Bubba placing? That'd be nice. And official. Anyways I was chasing from the back again. I believe I got up to 6th passing the slow and steady Mark Nagy, only to be passed back. Cousin Dan passed me again on the last lap after I bonked bigtime in the final three laps. I was feelin all kindsa jelly allover. I rolled in in 7th. I think I'm 8th overall right now in Bubba and Bubba Cup standings. I think I shoulda been 4th or 5th both days so a bit of a disappointment. I hate to blame a bad race on a bad start, especially at a bubba race, but I really think had I been on Grbeans from the start I'd be fine hanging with him again.

In other news, sKeaton and I made some beet/apple/ginger juice last night. Shit is toxic. I cut the hell out of my thumb, and the bandaid I just took off smells like hole right now. The beets have questionable benefits and harms, from vocal chord freezing, to aphrodesiac to "cleaning out" your digestive system. We're hoping to reap all of the benefits, and avoid the possible death from beet. We were inspired by Robert and his beet eating. We're going to have him over to learn us some cooking techniques.

USGP Louisville

This past weekend Grman and I headed out to Louisville for the USGP race. We both opted to do the 2/3's race as opposed to the U23 race, instead of buying a UCI license and shelling out $45 per race to maybe finish. The course was awesome with a lot of muddy sections. A pit bike would have been real nice. I'm scratching any thoughts of a time trial bike for next year, and instead going to get a pit bike. We have a pretty interesting story from the Saturday race. First, we were staying with the SEMO guys who got in at about 12:30am. Grman and I were asleep and got woken up, and stayed up while they shuffled around for another half hour or so, and went back to bed at like 1:15. They got up at 6, and were really loud. And turned on all the lights. And yelled. And left the door open when they left. So it was a pretty bad pre-race night. We got to the race at like 9:30, rode over and got our chips, came back and started to get ready. These two masters came over and started talking to us, and the conversation eventually turned to us thinking we started at 11, and them thinking they started at 11:15. We both knew our races couldnt start that close together, so one of them rode over to check. He came back and told us our race was called to stageing and they were lining up. I was changing brake pads and Grman was pinning his number. Shit. I dropped my pants and changed in the middle of the parking lot and the two masters helped us pin our numbers and pump our tires while we embrocated and grabbed anything we needed. We sprinted to the start line right as our numbers were getting called. Mistake #1. Mistake #2 was registering a week ago. I was starting 104th spot, ten rows back. I didnt see the leaders. The race was pretty raw for the first lap. Throwing elbows, dismounting and running past dudes. I raced pretty ok, but didnt feel great on laps 2-4 I think due to lack of warmup. Grman, who started in 87th I think, ended up 10th, and I ended up 24th passing a solid 80 guys.
We ran into Richard at his Specialized booth and he invited us to crash with him that night. I worked the pit for Logan and it was pretty sweet, then we headed out and had a nice dinner and had a lot of fun hanging with Richard. Sunday we came to the race with Richard at 7am. Prepared and on time. The course appeared to have dried out so I declined to set up a pit bike with Richard. Mistake. The course was still wet and muddy. On the first lap, I dismounted a minute in and ran for about 200m, it was easier to just run past the people that were trying to ride. Then, later in the first lap, on a downhill/uphill U-Turn that had a section of pavement right at the bottom, I washed out my rear tire, and ate it hard on my right side. The little pin that holds the shift and brake lever to the shifter body popped out but not all the way. I couldnt really use my rear brake and my shifting was unreliable, but after I finished and actually got a good look at what happened, it was an easy fix. I started 99th and got all the way up to 27th. Grman I think started in 83rd and finished a very respectable 6th. All in all it was a really good weekend. We had a lot of fun, raced pretty well considering our start spots, and got to ride some real courses. The courses out there were legit. There were 3 mandatory dismounts the first day(stairs, barriers, green monster), and 4 the second day(stairs, stairs, barriers, green monster)(one stair set was possibly rideable both days). Thats a lot more than the one dismount in STL. There were also 2 or 3 sandpits, that got really packed down so they were easily rideable, but had they not been that would be a few more. Also the mud made for a lot more dismounts, especially on the first lap. People around here need to HTFU and quit whining about cross being hard, or cross courses being hard. The only bad thing around here is that the courses arent hard enough, or they just plain suck like the Ronde Course. No pics from the weekend found yet, but there must have been 20 photographers snapping during our race.

Bubba Cross Weekend Numero Uno

So this past weekend was the first weekend for Bubba Cross races here in the STL. Cross season has now officially started, not just silly preseason races. Both races were at Faust Park this weekend, Saturday being a night race, and Sunday during the day. The saturday course was pretty fun and somewhat tacky. The weeks rain had left the ground soft, but not wet like I had hoped for. I started the race pretty conservatively, but jumped around about ten guys mid first lap. I ended up being with Mark Nagy and Jeff Yielding battling for 6th. We dropped Yielding but he kept clawing back. I was way faster than them both through the barriers and the climb that immediately followed. Coming through the start/finish into the last lap I was following Nagy, and hit the first turn super hot. I slid out/somersaulted and ended up about 5 feet past my bike. I hopped back on, but my shifting was out of wack. I only had my 12 in the back. I noticed my cable had popped out by the headtube, I kept going until the barriers where i stopped and asked the Lindenwood boys for some help. Nagy and Yielding had gotten away, and Pence, who had been in hot pursuit of our trio, had passed me. In their drunken confusion they just started hitting my rear deraileur. I took off and was able to hold off whoever else was chasing, and took 9th. Kinda bummed because I was pretty sure I could have had 6th or at least 7th, but thats bike racin. I was more upset by the large dent I found on my downtube when I took my bike off the roof back at campus. I put the dent, and my horribly sore knee together, and deduced that my knee is what did the damage during the crash. Pretty bummed, but the frame's still functional. I have an excuse for a pit bike for next year now. Grbeans took 2nd to Butthead, which was rad.

Saturday came and again another race. I started pretty conservatively again, but was eager to move up. I was with Kurt Fletcher and Yielding, and saw Grbeans, butthead and nate slipping away. I was hesitant but I jumped up to buttheads wheel and off we rode. Us 4 rode together for about 3-4 laps or so. It wasnt really hard to stay with them, but then nate started attacking. I kind of blew up trying to follow at a bad time up a steep climb. I lost contact with them but stayed about 50 yards off of them for another lap or so. I made this attempt to make a few bucks right after losing contact with them, perhaps not the smartest idea.



I held off the chasing group of 5 to take 4th place. I was very happy with my ride. Grbeans and I are going to make a good attempt to dethrone the local nys/albert duo and show that there are some new kids on the block. on a side note, I rode my EC90 Aeros with Challenge Fangos, 34 up front and 32 in the rear. Awesome. Awesome. Awesome.

great movie, great scene

orbea

the process to create the most euro training bike has begun.

Cross is here

So the cross season is here. I guess I should talk about what else happened. I got swine flu. I took two weeks off because of swine flu. I then kind of rode for a week and raced gateway at the end of that week. I finished gateway everyday, made one good attack the whole weekend. then took another week off after gateway. then raced a cross race my second time on my new bike. felt horrible and out of shape. rode some more the next week. went to night cross. got 6th in the 3's. felt really good finally, and was very satisfied. rode some more last week, hitting a lot of the cross practices. raced ronde von evergreen sunday, got 7th in the a race. I'm feeling pretty wrecked right now. decided to take a second day off after this race. the course totally sucked and sucked the energy out of me too. it was slow and bumpy as hell. unlike night cross which was smooth and flowy. I didnt ride yesterday and i'm gonna sit out today not only cause i'm worked, but my shoes are also soaked and i have a ton of work to do. I am also a bit overwhelmed with school, specifically photo class. I'm gonna try and ride tomorrow morning, and thursday morning. there isn't a race this weekend, so i think a little rest this week could be good. there is a race at cape and one of the illinois cross races the next weekend. I might also head to louisville gp. i'd like to do another big race other than nationals if i decide to go. i think it'd be pretty sweet. in other news i'm rollin a new bike this year. i passed on the trek while i still could to joey, who proceeded to trash it with lame stickers. idiot. but i scored a sweet Ridley Crosswind with an X Fire fork. I got some new rival shifters for it, and am running the old rival i had on my trek. It's got wcs everything, down to the hubs. got some new trps for it. the race wheels are wcs hubs with reflex rims, and griffos. they're about 60 grams lighter than my bontrager race x lites with the maxxis razes. all together the bike comes to 17.11 lbs, which i'm pretty happy with.

here is a pic of me on the bike.

silly kids

this is a pretty funny commercial.

Good Shit

dope beat, c-c-crazy lyrics

the road season

So i've decided to just do a road season recap before gateway cup, since it's always a let down anyway for 99% of local dudes. I have learned a few things this year.
#1. like I said after the first time I glanced over the training program we were supposed to do this year. It's way too much. I never followed it, and I am very glad I didn't. Look at Matt Pence, who would tell you himself that he has been overtrained. He fucking smashed the early season, winning everything, being the guy to beat at every race. Then, when it came to the races that really counted, the ones to get him on the national team, his legs just didnt have it. I feel bad for him, because this plan was supposed to have him peaking for these races, not riding at his absolute worst this season. Who has time to ride 3 hours on a wednesday in the spring, after spinning for 45 minutes in the morning, while going to school. It's too much. We have jobs and school and lives. We aren't pros. I just don't see how more people didnt see this before.
#2. I can't buss tables and race. My last good result is Hellbender, I got 5th. On the way home I called McGurks and set up work for the next week. I dnf'd that tuesday night crit, and from there on never really got going. I had a few good races at superweek, when I wasn't working, but came home and felt the absolute worst i have ever felt in a race at the state crit. I don't care how much you work a week, or how much harder your job is. I have worked in a bike shop. This is harder. I'm in the heat, walking and carrying plates, ice and buckets full of plates and ice. all day. And then coming home to train at 3:30 or 4, the motivation is dwindling, so not only does walking around for 5 hours a day and carrying stuff take a toll on my legs, but trying to train after doesnt make the training super effective.
#3. I have horrible self discipline. I need a training plan, and I need to follow it better. end of story.
#4. I think i'm catting up for gateway. I'm not going to do anything in the 3's most likely, so I'd rather race in the big show. And, I want to race 1/2's next year, so I might as well get in a little experience this year.

state champs

Not so great. Bad legs. Missed my feed. Nice lunch afterwards.

continuing with some more good movie scenes...

watch this

update

Hey, so i havent dont this in a while...

Snake alley was a bummer. Some idiot crashed me out after the whistle blew and I broke my right shifter. I was still able to ride it, shift and brake, but it was flopping around. I started 2nd row. I was 2nd to last up the snake. I was able to work my way up to 31st, out of like 70, which was still disappointing. Grman got 4th, and I knew I could have been up in the group he was in easily. Melon city was boring. Rock Island was rainy, and thus, super sketchy. I survived like 5 separate crashes right in front of me. I finished like 24th I think? Tulsa was a bit disappointing. My legs didn't feel great all weekend. The second day logan and I were trying to do something in the closing laps, but neither of us had the legs. The last day was brutal, and the day I felt the best, but was only able to pull off a 21st, (they paid 20 deep). I think 35 guys finished, and around 80-90 started. The race on saturday was protested by west borough baptist church. if you dont know who they are, look the psychos up. I went to this show last week at the pageant. It was awesome. Best live performers i've seen yet. You should really watch this video. The song is awesome. And it gives a hint of how insane Karen O and her costumes are. The guitarist took some pictures from the stage during the show. I'd love to see a collection of those.



here's the same song at the pageant when I saw it. she came out after the encore wearing this cloth mask. She hit a button and all these pink neon tubes lit up, as you can see in this video. I was in the pit, about 5 feet to the left of where this person was.

weekday update

Hello blog readers. It is thursday afternoon and I have opted for the chris yenkee prescribed rest day. I think after bussing tables for 5 hours a day the last 4 days, my legs need it. I recently started at McGurks in soulard. I work weekdays, come have lunch and maybe I can cleanup your trash for you, and see how much you didnt eat. Work is actually pretty good. It's kind of fun, pretty easy, yet wears me the hell out. On tuesday I had no legs in the race, I think due to all of the standing/walking. I dont sit down or stop moving from 10-3 everyday, but thats what I signed up for so I can't complain, and the money is pretty good. I love working, anywhere that pays you, just because money comes so quick and easy. It's good to be a workin man again.
Hellbender was sunday, and I was pretty pumped. I pulled off a 3rd place there last year. I also knew that the race was a race that is really hard, and favors those riders that can climb a bit. We set off for the 70 miles, and things were pretty easy. Up the first climb, i was sitting far back in the group, and had to make up spots, but ended up getting to the front and getting away with a total of 8 including pence, devin and heine. We were organized for a bit, but then went to pieces when a gateway guy wouldnt pull through. I looked back to see keaton, grman and kevin moore pulling another group of 8 or so. They made contact a few miles after the climb, and then we rolled for another 5 or so with 16 guys. Then we looked back to see shawn pulling a group of 8 ish guys. They made contact with us and it was gruppo compacto. We rolled easy until the second time up the hill when pence tried to hit it again. He got about 20 feet off the group, and devin tried to follow. I didn't know what to do. I wasn't hurting, but I knew we couldnt ride away together. We ended up just staying together until the end. The last 2k were nuts. No way to move up at all. I ended up hitting the last corner around 15th or so, and taking it rather conservatively. I ended up 5th in the sprint and pence pulled off the V. Another 50 meters and I would have had 2nd for sure, probably 1st. I was flying to the line, and I was bummed I didnt have a better place through the last corner. The elusive first victory of the season is still hiding somewhere. This weekend is quad cities. I havent been up there in a few years. I am super excited for the snake. another race that favors a rider that is strong and can climb decent. I am excited and optimistic about my potential. I believe I am starting 3rd or 4th row. I am hoping for at least a top 10. In the world of pro cycling it seems that a replacement for erik zabel has been appointed with the likes of garmin's Tyler Farrar.

watching this right now...

this might be one of my top ten favorite movie scenes.

Studying for exams

Race yesterday was kinda stoopid. Didnt race super smart, and watching the video of the sprint is depressing. Had I not wasted some energy attacking with 2 to go to try and get grman, I could have probably won that sprint. It was also super lame to see grman get pulled back from getting his inevitable win by his own team.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNq4hIW3BQQ

this song is the sweetness.