I guess it is time for another race weekend re-cap.  This past weekend was the USPRO Criterium Championships in Downers Grove, Ill.  Karl, Hendy, and I flew out of Denver on Friday morning.  We met the rest of the team in Chicago and raced Saturday (pre-USPRO Crit Chapionship race).  We raced again on Sunday before flying back later that evening.

We did almost manage to miss our flight on the way to Chicago Friday morning.  For some reason, even though we got two emails with our itinerary, neither Karl, Hendy, or myself remembered our flight time but we figured if anything we must be late.  I still did not want to pay massive amounts of money for parking even though we were running a bit behind schedule.  Therefore, we parked in the economy lot where I almost ran out of gas trying to find an open space and had to catch a shuttle to the terminal.  Needless to say after some running we did make it to our gate in time!

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We had a brief layover in Springfield, MO and here is Hendy and Karl eating a little lunch.  I had never been to Springfield and I never really care to go back.

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After making it to Chicago here is Karl before talking to his girlfriend

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…………a few minutes later this is Karl  going “instantly gay” while talking to his girlfriend. 

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We ended up meeting Kyle, TJ, Alberto, Kirk, and Gord at the airport but had to wait for Deb to come and pick us up.

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This past weekend was Gord “laser” Fraser’s last race. It has been awesome being the teamate of a “legend” this past season.  Thanks Gord.

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Kirk eating something before the race.

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Havoc relaxing before the race.

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Hollywood and Gordo.

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TJ I think you are suppose to wait until you are actually on the toilet!

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We stayed at the Marriot for the weekend and I slept on the pullout while Hendy got the bed.  I did not realize we had a pullout in the room until the second night of my stay!  Yes, a pullout bed is much nicer than the floor!

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Mike “Nutter” Jones.  I like Mike……we are both “nutters” and hanging around him at least makes me feel somewhat normal.

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We ate dinner at some Italian joint and I think I am still belching garlic……..lovely!

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At that same Italian joint I also ran into Megan and her teamate Leigh.

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Last but not least here is Hendy’s facial expression after showing him my abs!

This past weekend was not the most sucessfull for the team but Karl did end up getting third on Saturday and Kyle who was in great position on Sunday going into the final turn unfortunately ended up crashing.

I also wanted to wish Hendy safe travels back to Australia and eventually back to New Zealand since he is leaving tomorrow. 

later,g.