Another Good Weekend

I’ll throw down a little more for you guys this time, as I haven’t been posting much. I’m trying to condense my life down to God, family, work, and riding. I find it particularly hard to fit the God part in, as most of us do in our busy lives. I carry my bible with me on weekend racing trips, but rarely read it. I do always thank God for helping me to make it through a weekend without crashing, even if I don’t do well. I feel that even though my parents were very athletic at my age, my cycling abilities aren’t quite as “genetic” as some other people I know. I work hard, but the big guy watches out for me and gives me the talent and alertness I need to be successful. Lord knows I’ve prayed during a race many times to stop cramping and I did. The family part is complicated too. I have a little son now who’s 5 months and 1 week old. He’s probably the cutest and coolest little guy you could ever meet. I’ve always hated living the wife for a weekend of racing, but now I have two people to miss. When I’m home I’m riding the trainer much more often in order to be able to watch him while my wife works around the house, or just so I can talk to my wife about stuff and still get my training in. Riding is the same, lol. I train during the week and race on the weekend. Not much more to say.

This weekend was the Elberton GA Cup. The 4 guys dominated the state TTT championship by 2 minutes 53 seconds. I won the 3/4 criterium in a 3-man break later that day, and Eddiue Hsu got 4th in the 35+ cat 4/5 crit. Later that day I got 9th in the 3 crit. I got 12/13th or something in the road race, while Gary Papka got 5th I think, and Star Bridges won the 4/5 35+. A good weekend for the team. This weekend I’m racing at 5pm in Atlanta at Grant Park. It’s a nasty little criterium/circuit race with a good kick every lap. If I don’t update before then, I’ll do so Monday probably.