Catch Up

My bad, sorry about the lack of updates.

Well we were supposed to get up to a foot of snow last Friday, which would have canceled Boulder Roubaix again. So I woke up Fri, went to the blinds and threw them open......to find sunshine and a little bird singing while bouncing around on the bare green grass. Damn.

I love turning on the news and the morning and listening to the meteorologists say "well thats the thing about the weather, you just never know whats going to happen" thats the quote of the century. Then what the hell are people paying you for. I guess thats why, if you've noticed, a meteorologist mostly reports what is presently happening and what has happened, rather than forecasting as much anymore.

So I raced Boulder-Roubaix, ouch. 80 miles of racing with 50 of them over potholed, rough, loose dirt. I would say about 70 Pro1/2's started, and with the egos of this group, when the tough gets going over half the field "pulls the plug" and DNF. I finished, barely after tagging some potholes and hearing what sounds like a cracking carbon bike.

Sunday was another RR down in the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Security just isn't what it used to be. We pull up to the guard shack and just get waved on through, wow that really keeps the bad guys thinking twice before trying to get in. The course was part of the old 1987 World Championship course. Same thing happened, started with around 70, finished with less than half of that. Not too many people there pulled a double weekend, especially with Boulder Roubaix. Carter won in Carter fashion, I was somewhere in the back mess that resulted in his winning attack.

Last week/weekend was the end of a long hard intensity week, so thank god this week is a recovery week. You know you need it when you get a good nights sleep but you have the heavy eye lids all day and just want to sleep just a little more.