Bad Day!

Today is not going so well. I have no clue what is going on in my Spanish class i am Failing it along with half the other students in the class. It is suppose to be a Spanish 1 class but it feels like a Spanish 4 class. I only know a few people that are passing it and that is because they took 3 years of Spanish in high school. Who need Spanish anyways? Then i thought i would go for a ride after Spanish class. I did and when i left it was 30 degrees out and then i got two flats within 2 min apart in the same tire. I hate goat heads. And i have felt bad on my bike all week. Now i have to go to work and just sit there and study Spanish. But this weekend i am off to Eagle for some cross races i hope those go a little better.


Kevin

Gunni-Cross

This weekend i traveled over to Gunnison for some cross races on Saturday and Sunday. When i left GJ the weather report was rain both days all day, I thought it was going to be really muddy. We got there Saturday moring a few hours before start, and the weather was perfect, no rain. We road the course a lot in warm up to get it dialed. We watched two other guys on our team race fours right before us and Yannick won he is only 13 years old, this is his second win of the year in the Fours. After that Conor and I had the pressure to keep the wins going for the team.

Our race started quickly after the fours, I had a bad start and was somewhat in the back of the pack. Then we came up to some switch backs and i tried moving my way up and slid out on one of the corners(90 % GRASS COURSE)and some guy ran over me. So i got back up and chased for many laps until i caught on to the break of 3 with Conor in it. Then we came to another switch back and the leader slid out and took out the guy right behind him and Conor and I took off. One of the guys caught on but we dropped him after a few laps. Then Conor got first and i got second. We both crashed twice during the race because the corners we so slick. Then Brady raced the open and got third.

Today it was raining when i woke up and really cold. We got out to the race course and they really didn't switch up the course besides making it going backwards and moving the barriers into a different spot. I was warming up and sliding out of every corner. It was slipperier then yesterday. Not as many guys showed up for our race today but was still a strong field. We started strong and i was about fourth wheel back, i stayed there for a long time for the race. I was trying to take it slow in the corners so i would not slip out but that didn't help much idk how many times i feel today. But with three laps to go i attacked on the road and got a slight lead and held it the rest of the race. Conor was not to far behind me but he slid out on one of the last corners and a guy passed him, they both sprinted it out for second and it was so close idk who got it. So today i took first and Conor 2nd or third. It was def a good race weekend.

Go Rockies, i just finished watching them kick some butt, they are going to sweep the series again and go to the world series. Next game is tomorrow night at home again, it's going to be a good game.

Frisco

Well lets just say that there was a little more people this weekend. There was about 50 guys in the 3's race. It was a lot of fun. One thing that sucked was that I started near the back each day. The first 2 rows were the top rider in the omnium and since i have not raced all them i started in the back. Both days the whole race i was just trying to get up front. Saturday was good, with a bad start and a crash on the last lap finished up 14Th and Conor 15Th, and our teammate that got called up to the front Cody Cox got 2ND. Then today was also a technical course with a lot of loose gravel. Again starting in the back i moved my way up toward the front over the laps. With 3 laps to go i was in 14Th and at the finish i got 11Th. I really turned on the heat the last three laps. I just wish i could see what i could do if i could start on the front line. O and by the way it was really cold. Next week is Gunnison and i hope that it is a good turnout too.

Aspen

This past weekend was my first cross race in Aspen. The courses were really technical but a lot of fun. I was def nervous going into the weekend not knowing how well i was going to do. I guess it was a good thing the cat sizes were small, a good intro. the race on Saturday had a long run up section and a good climb. After a few laps it was Conor this other guy Max and I off the front, then i took off and road away from the other two. It was a lot of fun, then on the last lap i got a flat about 100ft from the finish line in the round about, but it was ok since i had a pretty good lead. After i finished i was wondering were Conor was because he was no too far behind be going into the lat lap in 3rd place, he flatted and didn't have a spare wheel, so he had to run the whole last lap so he finished up 6Th or so. Then on Sunday another great course, again a few laps in it was Conor Max and I, After a few laps Conor went down in a corner so it was just Max and I then Conor caught up a few laps later. Then about half way through the race i noticed Conor was not behind me again, his skewer feel off his rear wheel so he had to get his wheel changed. So the rest of the race i was leading with Max right on my wheel. Then with one lap to go he tried to attack on the hill but i stayed with him, then about half way through the lap he passed me on a corner and then he barley beat me, it was a very insane lat lap. Conor still finished third with the wheel change {he just didn't have good luck this weekend} It was a great weekend and a lot of fun.

Start Global Cooling

This weekend i went to my team camp in boulder for cyclocross. Our team is CLIF BAR development cyclocross team. It is going to be a great season with this team. This is the first fully sponsered team i have been on and so far it has been a treat. I got to Boulder on Friday night and the team just talked about the year and we put the last min things on our SALSA bikes. They are sick bikes i love it. Then on Saturday we had a CX clinic in the morning then in then later that night we went to some party for a recycling company in boulder. Then Sunday moring we went on a team ride and made a couple courses that we raced on. then after that we went to fort Collins for a enviorment fair which was pretty cool. The team is really cool, a lot of good guys on it. Then we went back to boulder and then to GJ. It took us about 5 and half hours to get home. we had to take an hour detour because and tanker spilled all over I-70. then once we got passed that it was raining really hard and i was only going 30mph on I-70. It sucked we didn't get home until 10. My first race will be Sept 29 in Aspen. While i was gone all weekend having fun, i left tom with my fish to take care of. Well he didn't do such a great job he killed my fish.RIP. He says that it was already dead when he came in but i still want to give him crap for killing my fish. This is a pic of my bike and team kit and my dead fish. I don;t have any wheels on it because we have not got our team wheels yet.

Life

Well on my break i went down to Vail on thursday for Beede's wedding. It was a lot of fun we got to stay in a manshion for thursday and friday night. The whole time i was down there we had a good time. Then on Saturday Mat picked me up to go to idaho springs, we went to his aunt and uncles cabin for one night, then we went to denver the next day. Then on Monday we went to Project Revolution concert. It was an all day event, we were able to see; Saosin, Mindless Self Indulgence, Taking Back Sunday, My Chemical Romance, and Linkin Park. There was a lot of other bands there but that is all we went to go see. Then on Tuesday we went up to pick up Alex in golden and have breakfeast at her sisters resturant. Then today i went to two of my classes and i still have one more to go ugg. I don't know why but i think i am going to go mountain biking today just to screw around. I can't wait till next weekend because i get to meet the team and get all the goods. My bike and all my cloths, it is going to be a mini camp so that will be fun. I can't wait for cross to start up that should be a lot of fun, my first race is in Aspen on the 29th and 30th.

Back In School

Well it sucks to be back in school but almost done with the first week. My schedule is not that bad besides Tuesdays, they suck. I feel really lazy i have not road once since i have been up here, it is kinda nice. My roommates are pretty sweet and we are having a good time. Sunday i am going on some tour in the valley it is like a 100 mile ride, that should be good. Mesa cycling team looks pretty big this year, we have a lot of downhill guys and some road girls. No more Chris, he is off doing better things. I will just have to step up my game this year. Cross will be starting up here soon and i can't wait. On Sept 15 i Will be down in Golden for a team camp and getting the bikes and all the good stuff.