Yesterday was the last day of Superweek and I was not on the schedule to race. Nothing like ending on a win. Anyway the heat index was some crazy number like 115. I am not exactly sure what the heat index stands for but it was freaking hot. I thought it would be nice to go watch the race, relax, and hang out but that was far from the case. Instead I had to command the feed zone what an ordeal.

I was absolutely dripping wet because it was so hot, filling up bottles, handing them to riders and giving time splits. On top of that there were all kinds of crazy little dudes asking for water bottles. I discovered that the farther I threw the bottles down the street the longer it would take for them to get back and ask for another. I was doing everything I possibly could to make the racers comfortable but apparently that was not enough! I once miscounted how many people were up the road and was called a F$%^&#g retard. I don’t want to mention who it was but his name it starts with a “K” and ends with and “arl”.

The race ended well with Karl getting second, Frank winning the sprint jersey and Karl and Rich getting first and second overall. It was a succesful superweek and everyone did awesome.

After the race I took everyone out to eat at this nice pizza/bar place after the race. I told them they could get whatever they wanted, my treat! It was expensive but I figured that is what good teamates should do for the other members of their team and fans. What can I say, friendships are priceless. The food was tastey and a good time was had by all?

Today was another busy day but I am tired so more on that tomorrow.

later,
g.

PS. Thanks Tom for giving me the credit card to take the guys out to eat last night.

Yesterday was interesting in sort of a bad way. It rained all day long and I had to ride the rollers in the morning because I did not want to get wet like I did the other day. I managed to ride inside for 1 hour and 15 minutes while Frank only did 40 minutes on the rollers. That was a small victory for me and is a testament to my dedication compared to Frank’s.

The race in Sheboygan was wet and dirty and cold. I could have prevented the cold but I sacraficed my own warmth for that of Karl. Karl forgot his undershirt so I let him use mine for the race. Not only was I cold but my medium Defeet undershirt is now a Large Defeet undershirt after Karl got done with it!

Not only did Karl steal my undershirt he also crashed me into a pole with about 10 laps to go in the race. He bumped me and I crashed into a No Parking pole that took a nice chunk out of my elbow. This is the same elbow that I crashed on a few days earlier. Then a lap later while I am still laying in the gutter he is hollering on the radio for me to get to the front and led him out! He did stay in yellow so I guess it is okay. Oh I also forgot to mention that during a race earlier in the year he took all of my water!

Today I went an got my haircut, ate some grapes and went to the mall before racing. At the mall I stopped at Starbucks in Barnes and Noble to get a coffee this gothic looking girl behind the counter served me. She said she totally “digged” the fishnet on my elbow. It took me a bit to figure it out but she thought the bandages on my arm were for style. Maybe wearing white fishnet bandage stuff is the way to go if you are into gothic looking girls?

The race tonight in Kenosha was good and I want to say thanks to my mom and dad and aunt Catherine, Brian, Jaime, and Leanne for coming out.

On the drive back from the race I get Wes hooked to Mitch Hedberg. If you have not listened to his standup, Mitch not Wes, is hilarious and you are missing out! I was also able to get Nick and I free cookies at the Subway. The guys had to be impressed because I was SMOOTH! Actually I just smiled and asked the Subway lady. Thanks Subway laday they were great cookies!

Well, last day of superweek for me tomorrow and it is a pretty fun race, Downer Avenue.

later,
g.

Yesterday was pretty much a crap day. First, Frank and I went for a ride in the morning and got caught in a monsoon. I believe it was Franks fault but he thinks otherwise. Maybe it was a combination of both. He wanted to watch the end of the tour while I wanted to get out earlier and I wanted to ride an hour and a half where as he only wanted to do an hour. We ended up getting out late and riding for an hour and a half and got wet. It was GREAT!

After I had to run some errands that included going to the post office to send my broken Nike Lance 3 watch to get fixed. I have only had the watch for about a week and really like it so hopefully it does not cost too much to fix. Maybe they will just give me the New Lance 4 which would be awesome because that would really piss Frank off since he gave me the old watch!

We were then going to run to the bike shop to get some assos chamois cream that upon application leaves a warm tingley sensation but did not have enough time. Karl introduced me to the product a few days ago and it is great.

The race last night was in De Pere (by Green Bay) and from earlier I had wet shoes and helmet. We were in all the wrong moves, messed up the finish a bit for Karl and won zero money. Not good. Frank did get back in the red jersery and Karl is still in yellow so it could have been worse, I guess?

The best part of the day was on the way up to the race when I drank a liter of Diet Mountain Dew. That made me happy for about 30 seconds, the time it took me to drink it! I think I could break some sort of record?

I did not get to sleep until late and now it is cloudy again maybe I will get rained on again this morning…………….I will let you know.

later,
g.