Mar 18
Two Stages Down One to Go
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Deb in the team RV doing a little post uphill tt dance.
I am not sure what looks worse Tim Johnson’s ass or Menzies face in the background?
Me sporting my Maxxis hat with matching Maxxis sweatshirt.
I am in Shane’s (brother) hotel room in Daimond Bar, CA updating the blog. I am in room 140 with TJ and he is in room 161. Last night I stopped by his room or what I thought was his room but some old bald guy answered the door. I was one room off but tonight I found it. That is the second time in a week I knocked on someones room and it was not theirs. At least this time it was not 3 AM in Taipei!
The first stage of the San Dimas stage race was an 3.8 mile uphill time trial in the freezing rain. It was like deja vu of last year with the same weather………rainy and cold. My results were like deja vu also………..complete shit! I rode hard but apparently that was slow.
Today was stage two………..fourteen laps on a rolly circuit for a total of one hundred miles. It was really cold at the start but it did not take long to get warm. It was pretty fast but we rode an awesome race. Menzies was the hero and came home with the win after getting in a break with a lap to go and winning the sprint. He is my roomate you know. I feel like Hollywood is due for another streak of wins!
If anyone has ever had Cliff Blocks they are the gretest things ever. They are sorta like squishy gummy bears but even better. I think they are expensive but are soo worth eat. Not only are they good race food but they are good snacks in the hotel room! Garrett Peltonen……..fueled by Cliff Blocks!
Other than that TJ and I drove across the street to Vons for dinner. It was about a 0.1 mile drive. I actually think we can see the store from the window of our room but we still drove. We are not lazy cyclists arn’t suppose to walk, right?
After we got back I went to open the door to our hotel room and I did not have the key. Shitzo! It was the second key I lost in as many days. Maybe that is why Jeff Louder was the key guy in Taiwan? Anyway I had to go to the front desk to get a new key made while TJ ate his dinner in the parking lot. Sorry Tim.
Getting a key was a big ordeal because our room is under Jeff Corbett’s name. Since my name was not Jeff Corbett the front desk guy did not want to give me a key. He told me to go and get Jeff but that would have been bad! I was nice to the guy at the front desk and slipped him my autograph and he gave me a key. Actually, I did not give him my autograph but I did get a key without having to bother Jeff.
Time to run to McD’s for an ice cream cone or two.
later,
g.
