Jingle Cross Day 2

Today didn't exactly go as planned.  I had some major issues to say the least.  I broke a couple things throughout the race and ended up 4th.  Mcduff took home the W which is always a good thing.  Also Snyder took home a W in mass today and worked over Al D who has been getting the better of him for most of the cross season.  I hope i got all of my bad luck out of the way for the rest of the season but you never now.  I have to fly stand by tomorrow because i booked the cheap flight back to dtown which doesn't leave iowa until 6:45 @ night so i will go to the airport with Mcduff and hope to get on the 6 AM flight if i don't it could be a long travel day.  Tonight Todd and I are off to the Jingle Cross post party which should be a good time.  

Got a W

Today i got my 1st UCI win of my career.  Todd and I got off the front after a crash two mins in gave us a small gap and we just pinned it and were able to sprint it out for the win.  Jingle Cross is a really cool race and everyone is into the cross here in iowa.   I didn't celebrate my W but damio is making a good go of it for me.

Here is the podium pic.

Jingle Cross

Todd and I made it to jingle cross in iowa yesterday after a bit of an adventure.  We left for the airport around 5a.m.  We boarded our 6a.m. flight to denver and before we knew it we were on a tour of colorado by air.  Denver was fogged in so we got rerouted to grand junction refuled and back off to denver. We made our 10 min connection in denver and we made it to iowa on time.  Once we landed we head to the course and damio picked up the bus on the way.  The course is one of the cooler courses we race on all year.  It is technical with a difficult climb.  

Well i got my new computer so i've got a couple of pics from the last two weeks.

JimmyG out for a ride before the race in southampton

CareBear 

Guptill kicking it with his teammates before his first cross race in mercer..

Video

D-town

Well we made it back to D-town after a week and half on the east coast.  Sunday in southampton i did some hopefully just minor damage to my knee.  I dressed a little over kill after freezing on saturday.  I wore my booties and ended  up hurting my knee over the barriers midway through the race.  Dr. Frank did some work on it today and i think i won't end up missing any training so it is all good.

We made it back to durango monday morning to 50 degrees and sun.  So much better than 30's with the wind we experience in southampton.  On saturday my feet got so cold during the race the only way they got the feeling back in them was megs uggs.  I actually went out and bought a pair today.  Todd is making fun of me about them of course but i think i will get the last laugh in portland and kansas city.  I also think they will keep me warm in europe.  The uggs pack well in the bag which is a plus as well since i travel so light... pause.. NOT

This weekend we are off to jingle cross in iowa.  Looking forward to this event Todd went last year and talked about for weeks.  

Southampton

So my computer is basically broke.  I order a new one so i should be back to updating this coming week at some point.   Today went decent i ended up 5th todd ended up 3rd.  Hopefully tomorrow we can both step it up a bit.  I have a update i wrote for clif bar about mercer you can check it out.

Delayed

We are delayed in Denver on our way to Newark. If all goes to plan right now we should land in newark at 230 which means i should get to the hotel around 4 a.m. great success. I have had a nice week and half without racing and i feel much better after getting on RX so im ready to get on with the second half of the season. Im gald it is going to rain this weekend and I get to see what i can do in the mud this year. As of right now it looks like im going to return to euroland for the x-mas camp. I don't think i will do worlds but i at least want to get back over there and see what i can do. Basically get my head kicked in for two weeks.

Here are some pics from the cliff durango. It is a climb we do right out of town.

Weekend Off

So for my weekend off i figured i should give back so i helped two of my friends throw a cocktail party. This involved alot more work than i was looking for but it ended up being a blast and a rager... I didn't really take enough pics so here is what ive got it is more the setup.. Check my bros site and singers for more photos..

This was my view most of the night from behind the bar.. (sorry camera phone)

We even had a h'orderves table

Finial setup of the bar.. Made bing thanks to mapel

The sign in before

The sign in after (sorry camera phone)

Dance Floor

Winston Wells has a facebook

Alot of nothing

Well for my one weekend off before natz i've ended up being a little under the weather. I haven't felt myself since last week but of course i put off going to the doctor until today. I guess i have something going on b/c now im on antibiotics for 10 days. Besides from that i've been just riding for 2 hours a day and resting up. I hit the road with chops today and he didn't break his shit or crash successful ride for chops.

I've been laying around with win alot this week...

Dekrey was training for the cocktail party on the drive up to boulder last week.

Back in D-town

Well the second day in boulder didn't go much better for me. I couldn't seem to stay on my bike. I laid it down twice once on the 1st lap and once midway through the race. I was going backwards midway through the race but i got myself back together for the finial 3 laps and was able to finish up 7th. I was happy at the end of the race since it was a C1 that i was able to pick up some points. Sunday night we all went out in boulder we had quite a large crew. I went home early since i have been feeling alittle under the weather. My bro will have up some sweet pics from the night out.

I'm taking a little break right now trying to get geared up for the second half of the season. I played a round of golf with mcduff today. Besides from that i was just basically a bum. Hopefully tomorrow i will feel 100% so i can have a more productive day. The weather is also taking a turn for the worse in D-town which doesn't help my energy level. Well i hope it turns around since i get to spend another week in d-town before i head back east. Here is a cool pic from boulder.

Boulder

Well my race yesterday in boulder didn't go quite as planned. I had a good start sitting 5th wheel heading into the sand pits. Unfortunately for me anthony flipped over his bars and i ended up laying it down as well. Once i got back up and got going again i was in the mid 20's.. Worked my way back up to the chase group. Wicks and I trader pulls trying to close the gap which wasn't happening. I ended up blowing up and helping brady to get his best uci race result of 8th. I came across in 9th. My bro took his 1st W of the 08 cross season. He was killing it from what i heard. Besides from that staying with daimo in the boulder bubble. Hopefully 2day will go better for me. Here are some photos from last sunday night when we went out with the sram crew to lucky strikes.