And their off...

Well i began my official racing career this weekend. I raced my bicycle on the roads near Grand Junction Colorado in the Mesa State Collegiate race. Since so many of the pro riders have funny blogs about the goings on in their peleton i thought i would enlighten you on the over serious over zealous world of Men's C collegiate racing. We are the bottom of the bottom. No one looks up to us and yet we keep riding. We dream of one day riding at the next level and slowly we climb our way out of obscurity. I am breaking this into two different posts because there is just so much to say.
Day One(Friday): School, then work, then rush to pick up the bike and luggage, then to meet the team to drive to Grand Junction. After being delayed multiple times we finally got on the road only to hit traffic from a crash in Orem. Oh how i hate Happy Valley. We ate dinner in Provo and waited out the traffic. Finished up the drive and got to Alan's house at around 11:00 pm. Alan was our host for the weekend. Sleep finally.

California, Tour of

Well i went to the Tour of California and Saw some bike racing. This here is George Hincapie winner of the final stage. He did not win the overall race though, that was Mr. Leiphiemer. Poor Levi as of this point will not be riding in the Tour de France but I don't feel too bad for him. I went to California to see the boys of Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast Team ride. They were a late wild card entry into America's premier event for bike racing. A bunch of Pro Tour teams were there and the field was stacked but these boys were up to the challenge. They rode well and we got to cheer them on along the way. The Alps it is not, but we still wrote on the road.
Jenni the Rents(super cool slang for Parents BTW (not so super cool slang for "by the way")) and I travelled about the coast seeing some cool spots in Cali like Solvang and the Pacific Coast Highway. The PCH is cool cause you drive for hours and on't get sick of being in the car unless you have to sit next to Jenni the whole time!! Not really we all had a good time. The second to last day finished in with a three lap circut and we stood at the 1 km to go marker.
The boys in green did good but not really "in the money" as they say. The Last few pictures are Reid in the TT Bryce "the Byrd" Mead and the three true icons of cycling Phil, Paul and Bobke