Here is a quick update to what has been going on since my last update…

After Joe Martin I got to spend a wonderful week at home where the weather has finally become pleasant and I was able to get some wicked sunburn on the rooftop deck.  It is easy to forget that the sun is a bit more intense at 5500 feet!

After some good riding and catching up with friends back home it was off to Michigan on Wednesday to pre-ride the Leelanau course for the race this coming Sunday.  However, that plan got derailed due to a pulled beef burrito from Whole Foods and a case of food poisoning!

All that I can say is that food poisoning and plane rides do not go well together!  I actually felt bad for the lady sitting next to me on the plane as I was unloading the contents of my guts into the little airplane puke bag!  The only redeeming factor was the the lady sitting next to me was extremely large.  Therefore,  I figured that for letting her use half of my seat along with her own she could at least deal with my unpleasantness!  In the end it was a great relationship built on compromise.

Thankfully, the food poisoning is a thing of the past and I am getting exciting to race on Sunday!  After that it is back to Boulder on Memorial day for another week before heading out east for “Philly Week” followed by “Nature Valley” and then “The Giro de Grafton.”

later, g.