Posted in Friends & Family, TRAVEL, racing, verducci-breakaway on October 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Many thanks to my Aussie VBR teammate, Jess, for her massive support during elite nats!
Everyone should have a cute, mechanically-inclined, race savvy sweetheart with a wicked sense of humor, cheeky accent, and calm disposition to get them through a marathon week of track racing.
Check out the loot! Great day of racing today, with the women’s [...]
Posted in Friends & Family, racing, training on May 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today was my birthday. I love birthdays. It gets better every year. We woke up delightfully late. Lath has taken charge of breakfast ever since he became a meat eater. It’s a great way to wake up, the sound of eggs cracking. I always negotiate to wake up on even numbers. 9:00 vs. 8:47 for [...]
Posted in Friends & Family, racing, training, verducci-breakaway on May 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Free form update . . .
got my new license, got my official United States Anti-Doping Passport and schweeeet! USADA tote bag, got a surprise visit by two exceedingly tall Polish-American USADA Anti-Doping officers, had to bring them to training with me. Imagine two 6′3″ tall heavily accented drug control officers, one in all-black, watching you [...]
Posted in 1, Why I ride / race, mind games, racing on February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m feeling all kinds of melancholy these days. That’s what happens, I think, when you stop moving long enough and your brain gets all restless. The last year has been like waking up in the middle of a foreign country where you don’t speak the language. First, it’s all exciting and new trying to learn [...]
Posted in Friends & Family, australia, racing on February 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was going to write about how tough Lath and I were for putting in two good hours on the bike today in 28 degree (Fahrenheit) weather, but 1) it was too cold to take the gloves off and take a picture of our road-salt crusted faces and 2) my Verducci-Breakaway teammate Theresa Cliff-Ryan is [...]
