What did we do today? What was it like?
Tour of the Gila stage 1: the Mogollon, which is 90 miles of downhills and rollers until the very end where we finish on a dumb steep, hot climb.
How did I do?
I got freaking 24th, my best UCI result ever.
But you know what else was fire? Henry York won the green jersey and my other teammate got 18th.
After the race, Henry was interviewed by a Velonews reporter who said, “It’s nice to see Rio Grande do something.”
Yeah, it is, isn’t it?
Quote of the day
“Check yourself before you wreck yourself.”
Rolling down to the start line I paused more than stopped at an intersection and a dude leaned out of a 1992 Izuzu rodeo and put me in my place.
“How long are you pooping?”
“A long time.”
“Can I leave?”
“No.”
“OK.”
“DADA! Let’s play I spy in the bathroom! I’ll start. I see something white TOILET PAPER”
I got some quality time with my boy after the race.
“WHERE ARE YOU GOING?”
“Eh…out.”
“NOOOO DADA STAY HERE.”
“But…”
“NOOOOOO!!!”
“OK.”
“Thanks Dada! Do you want a bunny to sleep with?”
Putting Lars to bed has become a hostage situation.
What I hated about today
Literally nothing.
Mediocre power reveal/inner race commentary
I did nothing spectacular, but I did produce decent numbers under fatigue, which is what I constantly beat my athletes over the head with so now I’m that much closer to not being a hypocrite!
Eh, where do I start?
I’ve spent years failing badly at bikes so you don’t have to. I have a mortgage, two kids, a wife, a dog that doesn’t listen, a weakness for Miller Lite, and fish frys – but I can still turn a pedal if I have to. Chances are we’ll get along just fine.
C’mon now – let’s get fast together!
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