One more day of Philly Week!

Sorry for the lame updates lately. I have been super busy racing and recovering. CSC Invitational should be called the Emergency Room invitational. I am not joking when I say there were no less than 15 crashes during the race. The race was 100k on a 1Kilometer circuit with 6 corners. It reminded me of a short track with about 3 times as many people. I have never gone so hard to get to nowhere in a race. It was unreal hard! The legs weren't feeling it and I never saw the front of the field.
The next day was the first race of Philly Week, the triple crown of cycling. Three races in one week. The first one was last Sunday in downtown Langcaster and it was so fast. The course was awesome but there was a 15 man pile up at 40 mph in the first 3 miles of the race. Somehow I rode right through it, Lucky! I covered some moves for the teammates, and towed the field for a half a lap before I completely blew up. The legs again were not with me.
Finally, yesterday I was feeling like myself again. The team rode very aggressively and attacked right from the start. I had good climbing legs and even attacked! That's right, I attacked instead of hanging on for dear life. However, once again my rookie positioning killed me at the end. I was to far back on the last two laps when Health Net got on the front and then Toyota United took a turn. I couldn't move up and got gaped out. I had to lay down 100% of the famous Shriver Surge to get back up to the field. I made it though. I thought for sure I would get blown away on the final climb. As it approached guys were coming off the group and dropping like flies. I maintained feeling good and then I took off, hit the big ring and climbed so fast I couldn't believe it. I was flying up the climb. It was an effort that came to late in the race. I was to far back and although I nearly bridged back up to the main group, the climb ended before I could do it. I sat on with some German guy and sprinted him for 43rd, thats right! You know it. Hey, I didn't win, but I felt good which is what I have been waiting for the entire time I have been out East. I think the form is coming on in the next couple of weeks just in time for Nature Valley next week in Minnesota.
Living the life on the cycling scene has been great. It isn't easy being away from home and when you are traveling a ton it really isn't much fun. The hard days of racing are paying off though and I should be going super fast very soon. Wish me luck on Sunday in the last race, all 156 miles of it. OUCH! I hope I can contribute and finish. Here is a link you can follow to read the live report on Sunday, http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/jun06/commercebank06/. Thanks for the support!